Method: Aws::Ec2#create_snapshot

Defined in:
lib/ec2/ec2.rb

#create_snapshot(volume_id) ⇒ Object

Create a snapshot of specified volume.

ec2.create_snapshot('vol-898a6fe0') #=>
    {:aws_volume_id  => "vol-fd9f7a94",
     :aws_started_at => Tue Jun 24 18:40:40 UTC 2008,
     :aws_progress   => "",
     :aws_status     => "pending",
     :aws_id         => "snap-d56783bc"}



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# File 'lib/ec2/ec2.rb', line 1227

def create_snapshot(volume_id)
  link = generate_request("CreateSnapshot",
                          "VolumeId" => volume_id.to_s)
  request_info(link, QEc2CreateSnapshotParser.new(:logger => @logger))
rescue Exception
  on_exception
end