- NAME
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- gcloud filestore instances snapshots create - create a Filestore snapshot
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud filestore instances snapshots createSNAPSHOT--instance=INSTANCE(--instance-location=INSTANCE_LOCATION|--instance-region=INSTANCE_REGION) [--async] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE, …]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Create a Filestore snapshot of an instance.
This command can fail for the following reasons:
- A snapshot with the same name already exists.
- The active account does not have permission to create snapshots.
- Maximum number of snapshots for the instance has been reached.
- The service tier of the instance does not support snapshots.
- EXAMPLES
- To create a snapshot with the name
my-snapshotmy-instanceus-central1gcloud filestore instances snapshots create my-snapshot --instance = my-instance --instance-region = us-central1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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SNAPSHOT - Name of the Filestore snapshot to be created.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instance=INSTANCE - Name of the Filestore instance that you want to create a snapshot of.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--instance-location=INSTANCE_LOCATION - Location of the Filestore instance.
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--instance-region=INSTANCE_REGION - Region of the Filestore instance.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--async - Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
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--description=DESCRIPTION - Description of the snapshot. Limit: 2048 characters.
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--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…] - List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.
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- 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. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
file/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/filestore/ - NOTES
- This variant is also available:
gcloud beta filestore instances snapshots create
gcloud filestore instances snapshots create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
