Creates a backup from the volume specified in the request The backup can be created from the given snapshot if specified in the request. If no snapshot specified, there'll be a new snapshot taken to initiate the backup creation.
HTTP request
POST https://netapp.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*/backupVaults/*}/backups
Required. The NetApp backupVault to create the backups of, in the format projects/*/locations/*/backupVaults/{backupVaultId}
Query parameters
Parameters
backupId
string
Required. The ID to use for the backup. The ID must be unique within the specified backupVault. Must contain only letters, numbers and hyphen, with the first character a letter, the last a letter or a number, and a 63 character maximum.
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