euca-create-snapshot

Creates a snapshot from an existing volume.

Syntax

euca-create-snapshot  volume_id [-d description ]

Options

Option Description Required
volume_id Unique name for a volume to snapshot Yes
-d, --description description Description of the snapshot

Constraints: up to 255 characters

No

Common Options

Option Description
--show-empty-fields Show empty fields as "(nil)".
--region user@region Region and/or user name to search when looking up config file data. Only valid for EC2 endpoints.
-U,--url url URL of the cloud service to connect to. For administrative commands, this should be <ip_address>:8773/services/Empyrean.
-I,--access-key-id key_id User's access key ID.
-S,--secret-key secret_key User's secret key.
--security-token token User's security token.
--debug Prints what the command sends to the server and what it receives from the server. Use when you're trying to debug Euca2ools.
--debugger Enable interactive debugger on error.
-h,--help Display the manual page for the command.
--version Display the version of this tool.

Output

Example

euca-create-snapshot vol-84B54112
SNAPSHOT    snap-5E313F37   vol-84B54112    pending
2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z    0%  None
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