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# gcp_spanner_instance_partition{% #gcp_spanner_instance_partition %}

## `ancestors`{% #ancestors %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `config`{% #config %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `config`**Description**: Required. The name of the instance partition's configuration. Values are of the form `projects//instanceConfigs/`. See also InstanceConfig and ListInstanceConfigs.

## `create_time`{% #create_time %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `createTime`**Description**: Output only. The time at which the instance partition was created.

## `etag`{% #etag %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `etag`**Description**: Used for optimistic concurrency control as a way to help prevent simultaneous updates of a instance partition from overwriting each other. It is strongly suggested that systems make use of the etag in the read-modify-write cycle to perform instance partition updates in order to avoid race conditions: An etag is returned in the response which contains instance partitions, and systems are expected to put that etag in the request to update instance partitions to ensure that their change will be applied to the same version of the instance partition. If no etag is provided in the call to update instance partition, then the existing instance partition is overwritten blindly.

## `gcp_display_name`{% #gcp_display_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `displayName`**Description**: Required. The descriptive name for this instance partition as it appears in UIs. Must be unique per project and between 4 and 30 characters in length.

## `labels`{% #labels %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: Required. A unique identifier for the instance partition. Values are of the form `projects//instances//instancePartitions/a-z*[a-z0-9]`. The final segment of the name must be between 2 and 64 characters in length. An instance partition's name cannot be changed after the instance partition is created.

## `node_count`{% #node_count %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `nodeCount`**Description**: The number of nodes allocated to this instance partition. Users can set the `node_count` field to specify the target number of nodes allocated to the instance partition. This may be zero in API responses for instance partitions that are not yet in state `READY`.

## `organization_id`{% #organization_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `parent`{% #parent %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `processing_units`{% #processing_units %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `processingUnits`**Description**: The number of processing units allocated to this instance partition. Users can set the `processing_units` field to specify the target number of processing units allocated to the instance partition. This might be zero in API responses for instance partitions that are not yet in the `READY` state.

## `project_id`{% #project_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `project_number`{% #project_number %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `referencing_backups`{% #referencing_backups %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `referencingBackups`**Description**: Output only. Deprecated: This field is not populated. Output only. The names of the backups that reference this instance partition. Referencing backups should share the parent instance. The existence of any referencing backup prevents the instance partition from being deleted.

## `referencing_databases`{% #referencing_databases %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `referencingDatabases`**Description**: Output only. The names of the databases that reference this instance partition. Referencing databases should share the parent instance. The existence of any referencing database prevents the instance partition from being deleted.

## `region_id`{% #region_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `resource_name`{% #resource_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `state`{% #state %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `state`**Description**: Output only. The current instance partition state.**Possible values**:

- `STATE_UNSPECIFIED` - Not specified.
- `CREATING` - The instance partition is still being created. Resources may not be available yet, and operations such as creating placements using this instance partition may not work.
- `READY` - The instance partition is fully created and ready to do work such as creating placements and using in databases.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `update_time`{% #update_time %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `updateTime`**Description**: Output only. The time at which the instance partition was most recently updated.

## `zone_id`{% #zone_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`