Trigger a manual snapshot creation of a Block storage volume.
<?php
/* You can use the getenv() module to pull your exported Username
and API key to keep from having to store them in your files */
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
$apiUsername = getenv('SOFTLAYER_USERNAME');
$apiKey = getenv('SOFTLAYER_API_KEY');
$storageid = '123456';
try {
$client = \SoftLayer\SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi', $storageid, $apiUsername, $apiKey);
$response = $client->createSnapshot();
print_r($response);
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo 'Unable to get Storage credentials: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
The process can take sometime to complete. You can check the snapshots associated with a storage volume by using the code below:
<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
$apiUsername = getenv('SOFTLAYER_USERNAME');
$apiKey = getenv('SOFTLAYER_API_KEY');
$storageid = '123456';
try {
$client = \SoftLayer\SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi', $storageid, $apiUsername, $apiKey);
$response = $client->getSnapshotsForVolume();
print_r($response);
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo 'Unable to get Storage credentials: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>