gcloud alpha compute disks snapshot - create snapshots of Compute Engine persistent disks

gcloud alpha compute disks snapshotDISK_NAME[DISK_NAME …][--async][--chain-name=CHAIN_NAME][--csek-key-file=FILE][--description=DESCRIPTION][--guest-flush][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--snapshot-names=SNAPSHOT_NAME,[…]][--storage-location=LOCATION][--region=REGION    |--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

Refer to the Snapshot best practices guide.https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/snapshot-best-practices

gcloud alpha compute disks snapshot waits until the operation returns a statusofREADY orFAILED, or reaches the maximum timeout,and returns the last known details of the snapshot.

Note: To create snapshots, the following IAM permissions are necessarycompute.disks.createSnapshot,compute.snapshots.create,compute.snapshots.get, andcompute.zoneOperations.get.

DISK_NAME [DISK_NAME …]

Names of the disks to operate on.

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--chain-name=CHAIN_NAME

Create the new snapshot in the snapshot chain labeled with the specified name.The chain name must be 1-63 characters long and comply with RFC1035. Use thisflag only if you are an advanced service owner who needs to create separatesnapshot chains, for example, for chargeback tracking. When you describe yoursnapshot resource, this field is visible only if it has a non-empty value.

--csek-key-file=FILE

Path to a Customer-Supplied Encryption Key (CSEK) key file that maps ComputeEngine resources to user managed keys to be used when creating, mounting, ortaking snapshots of disks.

If you pass- as value of the flag, the CSEK is read from stdin.Seehttps://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryptionfor more details.

--description=DESCRIPTION

Text to describe the snapshots being created.

--guest-flush

Create an application-consistent snapshot by informing the OS to prepare for thesnapshot process.

--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, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers.

--snapshot-names=SNAPSHOT_NAME,[…]

Names to assign to the created snapshots. Without this option, the name of eachsnapshot will be a random 12-character alphanumeric string that starts with aletter. The values of this option run parallel to the disks specified. Forexample,

gcloudalphacomputediskssnapshotmy-disk-1my-disk-2my-disk-3--snapshot-namessnapshot-1,snapshot-2,snapshot-3

will result inmy-disk-1 being snapshotted assnapshot-1,my-disk-2 assnapshot-2, andso on. The name must match the(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?) regular expression, whichmeans it must start with an alphabetic character followed by one or morealphanumeric characters or dashes. The name must not exceed 63 characters andmust not contain special symbols. All characters must be lowercase.

--storage-location=LOCATION

Google Cloud Storage location, either regional or multi-regional, where snapshotcontent is to be stored. If absent, a nearby regional or multi-regional locationis chosen automatically.

At most one of these can be specified:

--region=REGION

Region of the disks to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted toselect a region (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set thecompute/region property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/regionREGION

A list of regions can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputeregionslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/region

Alternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION.

--zone=ZONE

Zone of the disks to operate on. If not specified and thecompute/zone property isn't set, you mightbe prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

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

gcloudconfigsetcompute/zoneZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

Run$gcloud help for details.