Server Take VMware Snapshot

Latest revision as of 20:10, 26 November 2013

Creates a snapshot of the current state of the VM.

Path

• /server/takevmwaresnapshot/{$serverid}

Method

• POST

Availability

• Public Cloud

Required Data Parameters

• {$serverid}: The server ID that is returned when using the list command.
• {$name}: A name for the snapshot

Optional Data Parameters

• {$description}: a description for the snapshot
• {$memory}: Boolean - whether or not to snapshot the VM's memory
• {$quiesce}: Boolean - whether or not to pause running processes on the guest operating system so that file system contents are in a known consistent state when you take the snapshot.

Returned Data

{
    "success": true,
    "data": "Creating Snapshot {$name}"
}