Creating a Snapshot (Discarded)

Function

This API is used to create a snapshot for a volume.

This API has been discarded. Use the API described in Creating an EVS Snapshot (OpenStack Cinder API v2).

Constraints

A snapshot name cannot be prefixed with autobk_snapshot.

URI

POST /v2.1/{project_id}/os-snapshots

Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

**Table 2** Request parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
display_description	No	String	Specifies the snapshot description.
volume_id	Yes	String	Specifies the volume ID.
display_name	No	String	Specifies the name of the EVS snapshot. The value contains a maximum of 255 bytes. NOTE: When creating a backup for an EVS disk through VBS, a snapshot will be created and named with prefix autobk_snapshot_. The EVS console has imposed operation restrictions on snapshots with prefix autobk_snapshot_. You are advised to not use autobk_snapshot_ as the name prefix for the snapshots you created. Otherwise, the snapshots cannot be used normally.
force	No	Boolean	Specifies whether a snapshot is to be forcibly created. If the value is true, a snapshot for the volume in use can be created.

Response

Table 3 describes the response parameters.

**Table 3** Response parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	Yes	String	Specifies the disk snapshot ID in UUID format.
status	Yes	String	Specifies the volume snapshot status.
displayName	No	String	Specifies the volume snapshot name.
displayDescription	No	String	Specifies the volume snapshot description.
createdAt	Yes	String	Specifies the time when the volume snapshot was created.
volumeId	Yes	String	Specifies the disk ID in UUID format for the snapshot.
size	Yes	Integer	Specifies the volume snapshot size.

Example Request

POST https://{endpoint}/v2.1/d6c277ba8820452e83df36f33c9fa561/os-snapshots

{
	"snapshot": {
		"display_name": "test",
		"display_description": null,
		"volume_id": "ba5730ea-8621-4ae8-b702-ff0ffc12c209"
	}
}

Example Response

{
    "snapshot": 
        {
            "createdAt": "2016-05-20T16:54:14.981520", 
            "displayDescription": null, 
            "id": "b836dc3d-4e10-4ea4-a34c-8f6b0460a583",  
            "displayName": "test", 
            "size": 1, 
            "status": "creating", 
            "volumeId": "ba5730ea-8621-4ae8-b702-ff0ffc12c209"
        }
}