- NAME
-
- gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots create - create a Compute Engine instant snapshot
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots create
INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
--source-disk
=SOURCE_DISK
[--labels
=[KEY
=VALUE
,…]] [--region
=REGION
|--zone
=ZONE
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(BETA)
gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots create
creates an instant snapshot of persistent disk. Instant snapshots are useful for backing up persistent disk data. - EXAMPLES
-
To create an instant snapshot 'my-instant-snap' from a disk 'my-disk' in zone
'us-east1-a', run:
gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots create my-instant-snap --source-disk=my-disk --zone=us-east1-a
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
- Name of the instant snapshot to create.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
-
-
Source disk options
This must be specified.
--source-disk
=SOURCE_DISK
- Source disk used to create the instant snapshot.
-
Source disk options
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
--labels
=[KEY
=VALUE
,…]-
List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens (
-
), underscores (_
), lowercase characters, and numbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-
), underscores (_
), lowercase characters, and numbers. -
At most one of these can be specified:
--region
=REGION
-
Region of the instant snapshot to create. If not specified, you might be
prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/region
gcloud config set compute/region REGION
A list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions list
To unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/region
Alternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
--zone
=ZONE
-
Zone of the instant snapshot to create. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zone
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/zone
gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
A list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones list
To unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zone
Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
- 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 beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute instant-snapshots create
gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create
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Last updated 2024-05-21 UTC.
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