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Creating an EVS Snapshot

Function

This API is used to create an EVS snapshot.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/snapshots

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	The project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	The user token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
snapshot	Yes	CinderCreateSnapshotOption object	The information of the snapshot to be created.

**Table 4** CinderCreateSnapshotOption
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
volume_id	Yes	String	The ID of the snapshot's source disk. To obtain the disk ID, see Querying Details About All Disks.
description	No	String	The snapshot description. The value can be null. You can enter up to 85 characters.
force	No	Boolean	The flag for forcibly creating the snapshot. The default value is false. If this parameter value is false, snapshots cannot be forcibly created when the disk status is attaching. If this parameter value is true, snapshots can be forcibly created even when the disk status is attaching.
metadata	No	Map<String,String>	The snapshot metadata.
name	No	String	The snapshot name. You can enter up to 64 characters. NOTE: When a backup is created for a disk, a snapshot will also be created and named with the autobk_snapshot_ prefix. Operations cannot be performed on such snapshots. Therefore, you are advised not to use autobk_snapshot_ as the prefix of snapshot names to avoid any inconvenience.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
snapshot	SnapshotSummary object	The snapshot information.

**Table 6** SnapshotSummary
Parameter	Type	Description
created_at	String	The time when the snapshot was created. Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX
description	String	The snapshot description.
id	String	The snapshot ID.
metadata	Map<String,String>	The snapshot metadata. If metadata contains the __system__enableActive field, the snapshot is auto-generated snapshot created during a server backup.
name	String	The snapshot name.
size	Integer	The snapshot size, in GiB.
status	String	The snapshot status. For details, see EVS Snapshot Status.
updated_at	String	The time when the snapshot was updated. Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX
volume_id	String	The ID of the snapshot's source disk.

Status code: 400

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error	Error object	The error message returned if an error occurs.

**Table 8** Error
Parameter	Type	Description
code	String	The error code returned if an error occurs. For details about error codes and their meanings, see Error Codes.
message	String	The error message returned if an error occurs.

Example Requests

Creating a snapshot (If the source EVS disk is attached, the snapshot cannot be forcibly created.)

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/snapshots

{
  "snapshot" : {
    "name" : "snap-001",
    "description" : "Daily backup",
    "volume_id" : "5aa119a8-d25b-45a7-8d1b-88e127885635",
    "force" : false,
    "metadata" : { }
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Accepted

{
  "snapshot" : {
    "status" : "creating",
    "description" : "Daily backup",
    "created_at" : "2013-02-25T03:56:53.081642",
    "metadata" : { },
    "volume_id" : "5aa119a8-d25b-45a7-8d1b-88e127885635",
    "size" : 1,
    "id" : "ffa9bc5e-1172-4021-acaf-cdcd78a9584d",
    "name" : "snap-001",
    "updated_at" : "2013-02-25T03:56:53.081642"
  }
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request

{
  "error" : {
    "message" : "XXXX",
    "code" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
202	Accepted
400	Bad Request

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Snapshot Management

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