- NAME
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- gcloud compute instant-snapshot-groups create - create a Compute Engine consistency group of instant snapshots
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instant-snapshot-groups createINSTANT_SNAPSHOT_GROUP_NAME--source-consistency-group=SOURCE_CONSISTENCY_GROUP[--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute instant-snapshot-groups createcreates an instant snapshot group of the consistency group. An Instant Snapshot Group is a Point In Time view of the constituent disks of a Consistency Group, they are stored in-place as Instant Snapshots on the corresponding disks. - EXAMPLES
- To create an instant snapshot group 'my-instant-snapshot-group' in zone
'us-east1-a' from a consistency group 'my-consistency-group' in region
'us-east1', run:
gcloud compute instant-snapshot-groups create my-instant-snapshot-group --zone us-east1-a --source-consistency-group = regions/us-east1/resourcePolicies/policy1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_GROUP_NAME - Name of the instant snapshot group to create.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--source-consistency-group=SOURCE_CONSISTENCY_GROUP - Specifies the source consistency group resource policy. The value should be the relative name of the resource policy, in the format ``regions/REGION/resourcePolicies/POLICY_NAME``. The resource policy is always in the same region as the source disks.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--region=REGION - Region of the instant snapshot group to create. If not specified, you might be
prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/regiongcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION -
--zone=ZONE - Zone of the instant snapshot group to create. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
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- At most one of these can be specified:
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshot-groups creategcloud beta compute instant-snapshot-groups create
gcloud compute instant-snapshot-groups create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

