CreateSnapshot - Elastic Desktop Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Create a snapshot for a disk of a cloud computer to back up or restore the data on the disk.

Operation description

The cloud computer must be in the Running or Stopped state.

There is currently no authorization information disclosed in the API.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
RegionId	string	Yes	The region ID. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.	cn-hangzhou
DesktopId	string	Yes	The ID of the cloud computer.	ecd-gx2x1dhsmucyy****"
SnapshotName	string	Yes	The name of the snapshot. The name must be 2 to 127 characters in length. The name must start with a letter. The name can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name cannot start with `auto` because snapshots whose names start with auto are recognized as automatic snapshots.	testSnapshotName
Description	string	No	The description of the snapshot. The description can be up to 128 characters in length.	testDescription
SourceDiskType	string	Yes	The type of the disk for which you want to create a snapshot. Valid values: system: system disk data: data disk	system

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object	The object returned.
SnapshotId	string	The ID of the snapshot.	s-2ze81owrnv9pity4****
RequestId	string	The ID of the region.	3EB7FCEE-D731-4948-85A3-4B2C341CA983

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "SnapshotId": "s-2ze81owrnv9pity4****",
  "RequestId": "3EB7FCEE-D731-4948-85A3-4B2C341CA983"
}

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change time	Summary of changes	Operation
2024-02-05	The internal configuration of the API is changed, but the call is not affected	View Change Details
2022-11-22	The internal configuration of the API is changed, but the call is not affected	View Change Details