gcloud alpha bms volumes snapshot

NAME
gcloud alpha bms volumes snapshot - create a snapshot of a Bare Metal Solution boot volume
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha bms volumes snapshot (VOLUME : --region=REGION) --description=DESCRIPTION --snapshot-name=SNAPSHOT_NAME [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Create a snapshot of a Bare Metal Solution boot volume.
EXAMPLES
To create a snapshot of a boot volume named my-boot-volume in region us-central1 with the name my-snapshot and description my-description, run: 
gcloud alpha bms volumes snapshot my-boot-volume --region=us-central1 --snapshot-name=my-snapshot --description=my-description
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Volume resource - volume. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

  • provide the argument volume on the command line with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument --project on the command line;
  • set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

VOLUME
ID of the volume or fully qualified identifier for the volume.

To set the volume attribute:

  • provide the argument volume on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--region=REGION
Region of the resource.

To set the region attribute:

  • provide the argument volume on the command line with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument --region on the command line.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--description=DESCRIPTION
Textual description of the created snapshot.
--snapshot-name=SNAPSHOT_NAME
Name to assign to the created snapshot.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. This variant is also available: 
gcloud bms volumes snapshot