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# Managed Service for MySQL API, gRPC: BackupService.Get

Retrieves information about the specified backup.

## gRPC request

**rpc Get ([GetBackupRequest](#yandex.cloud.mdb.mysql.v1.GetBackupRequest)) returns ([Backup](#yandex.cloud.mdb.mysql.v1.Backup))**

## GetBackupRequest {#yandex.cloud.mdb.mysql.v1.GetBackupRequest}

```json
{
  "backup_id": "string"
}
```

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||Field | Description ||
|| backup_id | **string**

Required field. ID of the backup to return information about.

To get this ID, make a [BackupService.List](list.md#List) request (lists all backups in a folder) or a [ClusterService.ListBackups](../Cluster/listBackups.md#ListBackups) request (lists all backups for an existing cluster). ||
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## Backup {#yandex.cloud.mdb.mysql.v1.Backup}

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "folder_id": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "source_cluster_id": "string",
  "started_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "size": "int64",
  "type": "BackupCreationType",
  "status": "BackupStatus",
  "journal_size": "int64"
}
```

An object that represents MySQL backup.
See [the documentation](../../../concepts/backup.md) for details.

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||Field | Description ||
|| id | **string**

Required field. ID of the backup. ||
|| folder_id | **string**

ID of the folder that the backup belongs to. ||
|| created_at | **[google.protobuf.Timestamp](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/google.protobuf#timestamp)**

Creation timestamp (the time when the backup operation was completed). ||
|| source_cluster_id | **string**

ID of the cluster that the backup was created for. ||
|| started_at | **[google.protobuf.Timestamp](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/google.protobuf#timestamp)**

Start timestamp (the time when the backup operation was started). ||
|| size | **int64**

Size of backup, in bytes ||
|| type | enum **BackupCreationType**

How this backup was created (manual/automatic/etc...)

- `AUTOMATED`: Backup created by automated daily schedule
- `MANUAL`: Backup created by user request ||
|| status | enum **BackupStatus**

Status of backup

- `DONE`: Backup is done
- `CREATING`: Backup is creating ||
|| journal_size | **int64**

Size of the journal associated with backup, in bytes. ||
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