gcloud bms volumes snapshot

NAME
gcloud bms volumes snapshot - create a snapshot of a Bare Metal Solution boot volume
SYNOPSIS
gcloud bms volumes snapshot(VOLUME :--region=REGION)--description=DESCRIPTION--snapshot-name=SNAPSHOT_NAME[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Create a snapshot of a Bare Metal Solution boot volume.
EXAMPLES
To create a snapshot of a boot volume namedmy-boot-volume in regionus-central1 with the namemy-snapshot and descriptionmy-description, run:
gcloudbmsvolumessnapshotmy-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 theattributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentvolume on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

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

To set thevolume attribute:

  • provide the argumentvolume on the command line.

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

--region=REGION
Region of the resource.

To set theregion attribute:

  • provide the argumentvolume on the command line with a fullyspecified 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 variant is also available:
gcloudalphabmsvolumessnapshot

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.