Back up and Restore a GCP cluster using GCS

Learn how to back up or restore your ThoughtSpot cluster hosted in GCP using a GCS bucket.

It is recommended to use a bucket in the same region as your cluster. By doing this, you avoid additional cross-region data transfer costs.

Note: You can only back up your cluster to a GCS bucket if it is a GCS-based cluster. You cannot back up an HDFS-based cluster to a GCS bucket.

Backing up to a GCS bucket

To back up your cluster to a GCS bucket, use the ThoughtSpot tscli:

Log in to the Linux shell of your cluster using SSH.
```
 $ ssh admin@<cluster-IP>
```
Run the backup command using the following syntax:

tscli backup create --storage_type=cloud <SNAPSHOT NAME> <PATH TO BACKUP> --bucket_name=<BUCKET NAME>

Example:
```
 $ tscli backup create --storage_type=cloud snapshot_1 my_backup001 --bucket_name=my_bucket
```

To restore your cluster from a GCS bucket, use the ThoughtSpot tscli:

Log in to the Linux shell of your cluster using SSH.
```
 $ ssh admin@<cluster-IP>
```
Run the restore command using the following syntax:

tscli cluster restore <PATH TO BACKUP ON CLOUD> --enable_cloud_storage gcs

Example:
```
 $ tscli cluster restore gcs://bucket0001/backup/my_backup001 --enable_cloud_storage gcs
```