REST Resource: instantSnapshotGroups

Resource: InstantSnapshotGroup

Represents an InstantSnapshotGroup resource.

An instant snapshot group is a set of instant snapshots that represents a point in time state of a consistency group.

JSON representation
{"kind":string,"name":string,"description":string,"id":string,"status":enum,"resourceStatus":{"consistencyMembershipResolutionTime":string,"sourceInfo":{"consistencyGroup":string,"consistencyGroupId":string}},"creationTimestamp":string,"zone":string,"region":string,"selfLink":string,"selfLinkWithId":string,"sourceConsistencyGroup":string}
Fields
kind

string

Output only. Type of the resource. Alwayscompute#instantSnapshotGroup for InstantSnapshotGroup resources.

name

string

Identifier. Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.

description

string

Optional. An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.

id

string (uint64 format)

Output only. The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

status

enum

Output only.

resourceStatus

object

resourceStatus.consistencyMembershipResolutionTime

string (Timestamp format)

Output only.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples:"2014-10-02T15:01:23Z","2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or"2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".

resourceStatus.sourceInfo

object

Output only.

resourceStatus.sourceInfo.consistencyGroup

string

resourceStatus.sourceInfo.consistencyGroupId

string

creationTimestamp

string

Output only. Creation timestamp inRFC3339 text format.

zone

string

Output only. URL of the zone where the instant snapshot group resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.

region

string

Output only. URL of the region where the instant snapshot group resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.

selfLink

string

Output only. Server-defined URL for the resource.

selfLinkWithId

string

Output only. Server-defined URL for this resource's resource id.

sourceConsistencyGroup

string

Methods

delete

 deletes a Zonal InstantSnapshotGroup resource

get

 returns the specified InstantSnapshotGroup resource in the specified zone.

getIamPolicy

 Gets the access control policy for a resource.

insert

 inserts a Zonal InstantSnapshotGroup resource

list

 retrieves the list of InstantSnapshotGroup resources contained within the specified zone.

setIamPolicy

 Sets the access control policy on the specified resource.

testIamPermissions

 Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified resource.

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Last updated 2026-02-10 UTC.