SoftLayer Network Storage::createSnapshot

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createSnapshot is a member of the SoftLayer_Network_Storage service.

Contents 1 Overview 2 User Access 3 Return Type 4 Headers 4.1 Required Headers 5 Parameters 5.1 notes 6 External Links

Overview

Create a new snapshot of the data on the network storage volume.

User Access

Users wishing to execute createSnapshot service must have the Manage NAS permission assigned to their account.

Return Type

createSnapshot returns the SoftLayer_Network_Storage data type.

Headers

Required Headers

createSnapshot requires the following headers:

• authenticate
• SoftLayer_Network_StorageInitParameters

Parameters

createSnapshot takes the following parameters:

notes

The snapshot's notes

• Type: string

External Links

• In depth details on storage snapshots at Wikipedia