Operation: POST
Method: [SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi::.createSnapshot()]http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi/createSnapshot)
URL: SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi/createSnapshot
Example CURL:
curl -s --user "$SOFTLAYER_USERNAME:$SOFTLAYER_API_KEY" "https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi/8744521/createSnapshot"
Example Response
{
"accountId": xxxxx,
"capacityGb": 20,
"createDate": "2016-08-11T13:45:39-06:00",
"guestId": null,
"hardwareId": null,
"hostId": null,
"id": 13430037,
"nasType": "SNAPSHOT",
"properties": [
{
"createDate": "2016-08-11T13:45:39-06:00",
"modifyDate": null,
"type": {
"description": "Determines whether the volume is currently mountable",
"keyname": "MOUNTABLE",
"name": "Mountable"
},
"value": "0",
"volumeId": 13430037
},
{
"createDate": "2016-08-11T13:45:39-06:00",
"modifyDate": null,
"type": {
"description": "Volume name",
"keyname": "VOLUME_NAME",
"name": "Volume Name"
},
"value": "manual.2016-08-11_1445",
"volumeId": 13430037
},
{
"createDate": "2016-08-11T13:45:39-06:00",
"modifyDate": null,
"type": {
"description": "The amount of space used by snapshots.",
"keyname": "SNAPSHOT_SPACE_USED",
"name": "Snapshot Used"
},
"value": "88000",
"volumeId": 13430037
},
{
"createDate": "2016-08-11T13:45:39-06:00",
"modifyDate": null,
"value": "2016-08-11T14:45:39-05:00",
"volumeId": 13430037
}
],
"serviceProviderId": 1,
"serviceResourceBackendIpAddress": "nfshou0201b-fz.service.softlayer.com",
"serviceResourceName": "PerfStor Aggr aggr_staashou0201_pc01",
"storageTypeId": "16",
"upgradableFlag": true,
"username": "SL01SEVCxxxxx_2"
}
You can get the current snapshots by issuing the following command:
Example CURL:
curl -s --user "$SOFTLAYER_USERNAME:$SOFTLAYER_API_KEY" "https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi/1234567/getSnapshotsForVolume"
Example Response
[
{
"accountId": xxxxx,
"capacityGb": 20,
"createDate": "2016-08-11T13:09:41-06:00",
"guestId": null,
"hardwareId": null,
"hostId": null,
"id": 13429199,
"nasType": "SNAPSHOT",
"propertyCount": 0,
"serviceProviderId": 1,
"serviceResourceBackendIpAddress": "nfshou0201b-fz.service.softlayer.com",
"serviceResourceName": "PerfStor Aggr aggr_staashou0201_pc01",
"storageTypeId": "16",
"upgradableFlag": true,
"username": "SL01SEVCxxxxx_2"
},
{
"accountId": xxxxx,
"capacityGb": 20,
"createDate": "2016-08-11T11:09:00-06:00",
"guestId": null,
"hardwareId": null,
"hostId": null,
"id": 13427035,
"nasType": "SNAPSHOT",
"propertyCount": 0,
"serviceProviderId": 1,
"serviceResourceBackendIpAddress": "nfshou0201b-fz.service.softlayer.com",
"serviceResourceName": "PerfStor Aggr aggr_staashou0201_pc01",
"storageTypeId": "16",
"upgradableFlag": true,
"username": "SL01SEVCxxxxx_2"
},
{
"accountId": xxxxx,
"capacityGb": 20,
"createDate": "2016-08-10T11:09:10-06:00",
"guestId": null,
"hardwareId": null,
"hostId": null,
"id": 13402009,
"nasType": "SNAPSHOT",
"propertyCount": 0,
"serviceProviderId": 1,
"serviceResourceBackendIpAddress": "nfshou0201b-fz.service.softlayer.com",
"serviceResourceName": "PerfStor Aggr aggr_staashou0201_pc01",
"storageTypeId": "16",
"upgradableFlag": true,
"username": "SL01SEVCxxxxx_2"
}
]