gcloud compute instant-snapshots create

NAME

gcloud compute instant-snapshots create - create a Compute Engine instant snapshot

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute instant-snapshots create INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME --source-disk=SOURCE_DISK [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--region=REGION     | --zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute instant-snapshots create creates an instant snapshot of a disk. Instant snapshots are useful for backing up the disk data.

EXAMPLES

To create an instant snapshot 'my-instant-snap' from a disk 'my-disk' in zone 'us-east1-a', run:

gcloud 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.

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 compute/region property:

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 compute/zone property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the compute/zone property:

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

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create

gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots create