GCLOUD COMPUTE DISKS SNAPSHOT(1) GCLOUD COMPUTE DISKS SNAPSHOT(1)NAMEgcloud_compute_disks_snapshot - snapshot Google Compute Engine
persistent disks
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute disks snapshot DISK_NAME [DISK_NAME ...]
[--description DESCRIPTION] [--format FORMAT] [--help]
[--project PROJECT_ID] [--quiet, -q]
[--snapshot-names SNAPSHOT_NAME [SNAPSHOT_NAME ...]]
[--zone ZONE] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute disks snapshot creates snapshots of persistent disks.
Snapshots are useful for backing up data or copying a persistent disk.
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
DISK_NAME [DISK_NAME ...]
The names of the disks to snapshot.
FLAGS--description DESCRIPTION
An optional, textual description for the snapshots being created.
--snapshot-names SNAPSHOT_NAME [SNAPSHOT_NAME ...]
Names to assign to the snapshots. Without this option, the name of
each snapshot will be a random, 16-character hexadecimal number
that starts with a letter. The values of this option run parallel
to the disks specified. For example,
$ gcloud compute disks snapshot my-disk-1 my-disk-2 my-disk-3 \
--snapshot-name snapshot-1 snapshot-2 snapshot-3
will result in my-disk-1 being snapshotted as snapshot-1, my-disk-2
as snapshot-2, and so on.
--zone ZONE
The zone of the disks to snapshot. If not specified, you will be
prompted to select a zone.
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
compute/zone property:
$ gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
A list of zones can fetched by running:
$ gcloud compute zones list
To unset the property, run:
$ gcloud config unset compute/zone
Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--format FORMAT
Specify a format for printed output. By default, a command-specific
human-friendly output format is used. Setting this flag to one of
the available options will serialize the result of the command in
the chosen format and print it to stdout. Supported formats are:
json, text, yaml.
--help
Display detailed help.
--project PROJECT_ID
The Google Cloud Platform project name to use for this invocation.
If omitted then the current project is assumed.
--quiet, -q
Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If
input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be
raised.
-h
Print a summary help and exit.
NOTES
This command is in the Google Cloud SDK compute component. See
installing components if it is not installed.
GCLOUD COMPUTE DISKS SNAPSHOT(1)
