CreateSnapshot

GET /?Action=CreateSnapshot
Description

Creates a snapshot of a BSU volume.
Snapshots are point-in-time images of a volume you can use to back up your data or to create replicas of this volume at the time the snapshot was created.

Body parameter

Required: false
Name: CreateSnapshotRequest

Name Description Required Schema Default Example

Description

A description for the new snapshot.

false

string

DryRun

If set to true, checks whether you have the required permissions to perform the action.

false

boolean

VolumeId

The ID of the BSU volume you want to create a snapshot of.

true

string
Responses
HTTP Code 200
HTTP Code Description Schema

200

Snapshot

Response 200

Response 200

Name Description Required Schema Default Example

description

A description of the snapshot, if provided in the request.

false

string

ownerId

The account ID of the owner of the snapshot.

false

string

progress

The progress of the snapshot (a percentage).

false

string

requestId

The ID of the request.

false

string

snapshotId

The ID of the newly created snapshot.

false

string

startTime

The time at which the snapshot was initiated.

false

string

status

The state of the snapshot (in-queue | pending | completed).

false

string

tagSet.N

One or more tags associated with the snapshot.

false

Tag

volumeId

The ID of the volume used to create the snapshot.

false

string

volumeSize

The size of the volume, in gibibytes (GiB).

false

integer