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;

set the property core/project;

provide the argument --project on the command line.

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