CreateSnapshot#

Description#

The request for creating a virtual volume snapshot.

Request Parameters#

Required parameters#

  • VolumeId — The ID of the volume.

    • Required: Yes

    • Type: String

Optional parameters#

  • Description — The description of the snapshot.

    • Required: No

    • Type: String

  • TagSpecification.N — The tags assigned to the resource when it is created.

  • VersionId — The ID of the volume version.

    • Required: No

    • Type: String

Response Elements#

  • description — The description.

    • Type: String

  • ownerId — The ID of the project.

    • Type: String

  • progress — The progress of the snapshot creation process (shown in percentage).

    • Type: String

  • requestId — The request ID.

    • Type: String

  • snapshotId — The ID of the snapshot.

    • Type: String

  • startTime — The timestamp when the snapshot was initiated.

    • Type: Timestamp

  • status — The state of the snapshot.

    • Type: String

    • Valid values: pending | completed | error

  • tagSet — Any tags assigned to the snapshot.

    • Type: List of Tag objects

  • volumeId — The ID of the volume.

    • Type: String

  • volumeSize — The size of the volume.

    • Type: String

Examples#

c2-ec2 CreateSnapshot VolumeId <vol_id>

c2-ec2 CreateSnapshot VolumeId <vol_id> Description 'Test snapshot'

c2-ec2 CreateSnapshot VolumeId <vol_id> VersionId <ver_id> Description 'Snapshot from version'

c2-ec2 CreateSnapshot VolumeId <vol_id> TagSpecification.0.ResourceType "snapshot" \
                      TagSpecification.0.Tag.0.Key "tag_key" TagSpecification.0.Tag.0.Value "tag_value"