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Create Consistency Group Snapshot

POST /block/consistency-groups/{id}/protection/snapshots

Creates a consistency group snapshot

id- Consistency group URI

Required Roles

  • SYSTEM_ADMIN

Request Payload

All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.

Field Description Type Notes
<consistency_group_snapshot_create>
<name> Snapshot name String
<volumes>
<volume> URI 0-* Elements
</volumes>
<create_inactive> If create_inactive is set to true, then the operation will create the snapshot, but not activate the synchronization between source and target volumes. The activation would have to be done using the block snapshot activate operation. The default value for the parameter is false. That is, the operation will create and activate the synchronization for the snapshot. Boolean
<read_only> If read_only is set to true, then the snapshot will be created as read only, i.e., it will not be possible to write into the snapshot. The default value is false. That is, the snapshot will be created as writable. Boolean
</consistency_group_snapshot_create>

Response Body

TaskList

This is an asychronous operation that returns a task object. For information on working with tasks, see Asynchronous Operations.

Field Description Type Notes
<tasks>
<task>     0-* Elements
<op_id> The task operation id String
<resource>    
<name> The name of the resource String
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</resource>      
<tenant>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</tenant>      
<associated_resources> A list of links for associated resources
<associated_resource>     0-* Elements
<name> The name of the resource String
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</associated_resource>      
</associated_resources>
<state> The state of the task Valid values: queued = task is queued pending = task is pending ready = task succeed error = task fails suspended_error = task is suspended due to an error suspended_no_error = task is suspended due to config/request String
<allowed_operations> The allowed operations of the task String
<message> The task detail message String
<description> The description of the task String
<service_error>    
<code> The numerical code associated with the error encountered when processing a service request Integer
<description> The description of the error String
<details> Detailed information concerning the error String
</service_error>      
<start_time> The date and time of when the task was started DateTime
<end_time> The date and time of when the task ended DateTime
<progress> Integer
<workflow>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</workflow>      
<queuedStartTime> DateTime
<queueName> String
<name> The name assigned to this resource in ViPR. The resource name is set by a user and can be changed at any time. It is not a unique identifier. String
<id> An identifier that is generated by ViPR when the resource is created. The resource ID is guaranteed to be unique and immutable across all virtual data centers for all time. URI
<link> A hyperlink to the details for this resource
<creation_time> A timestamp that shows when this resource was created in ViPR DateTime
<tags> Keywords and labels that can be added by a user to a resource to make it easy to find when doing a search.
<tag> String 0-* Elements
</tags>
<inactive> Whether or not the resource is inactive. When a user removes a resource, the resource is put in this state before it is removed from the ViPR database. Boolean
<global> Boolean
<remote> Boolean
<vdc>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</vdc>      
<internal> Whether or not the resource is an internal resource. Boolean
</task>      
</tasks>

Examples

Request
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/block/consistency-groups/urn:storageos:BlockConsistencyGroup:76aacfbf-1fe9-4eee-9d84-586db5ae3a02:/protection/snapshots HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>

<consistency_group_snapshot_create>
     <name>block_snapshot_10</name>
     <create_inactive>true</create_inactive>
</consistency_group_snapshot_create>
Response
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
  <tasks>
       <task>
            <description>Block snapshot create</description>
            <message>Block snapshot create</message>
            <op_id>3b114313-2037-4df1-8707-57ebcb14f388</op_id>
            <resource>
                 <id>urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:df792922-170c-47ae-910a-e516d6f6da21:</id>
                 <link href="/block/snapshots/urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:df792922-170c-47ae-910a-e516d6f6da21:" rel="self"/>
                 <name>block_snapshot_10</name>
            </resource>
            <link href="/block/snapshots/urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:df792922-170c-47ae-910a-e516d6f6da21:/tasks/3b114313-2037-4df1-8707-57ebcb14f388" rel="self"/>
            <start_time>1380600490559</start_time>
            <state>pending</state>
       </task>
       <task>
            <description>Block snapshot create</description>
            <message>Block snapshot create</message>
            <op_id>3b114313-2037-4df1-8707-57ebcb14f388</op_id>
            <resource>
                 <id>urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:d984e8fc-20db-4ca8-8adb-a9cea032c2ec:</id>
                 <link href="/block/snapshots/urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:d984e8fc-20db-4ca8-8adb-a9cea032c2ec:" rel="self"/>
                 <name>block_snapshot_10</name>
            </resource>
            <link href="/block/snapshots/urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:d984e8fc-20db-4ca8-8adb-a9cea032c2ec:/tasks/3b114313-2037-4df1-8707-57ebcb14f388" rel="self"/>
            <start_time>1380600490559</start_time>
            <state>pending</state>
      </task>
      <task>
            <description>Block snapshot create</description>
            <message>Block snapshot create</message>
            <op_id>3b114313-2037-4df1-8707-57ebcb14f388</op_id>
            <resource>
                 <id>urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:7fccb187-aa7e-48be-bd12-8341336c4adb:</id>
                 <link href="/block/snapshots/urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:7fccb187-aa7e-48be-bd12-8341336c4adb:" rel="self"/>
                 <name>block_snapshot_10</name>
            </resource>
            <link href="/block/snapshots/urn:storageos:BlockSnapshot:7fccb187-aa7e-48be-bd12-8341336c4adb:/tasks/3b114313-2037-4df1-8707-57ebcb14f388" rel="self"/>
            <start_time>1380600490560</start_time>
            <state>pending</state>
      </task>
  </tasks>