vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot
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The vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot
resource can be used to manage snapshots
for a virtual machine.
For more information on managing snapshots and how they work in VMware, see here.
NOTE: A snapshot in VMware differs from traditional disk snapshots, and can contain the actual running state of the virtual machine, data for all disks that have not been set to be independent from the snapshot (including ones that have been attached via the
attach
parameter to thevsphere.VirtualMachine
disk
block), and even the configuration of the virtual machine at the time of the snapshot. Virtual machine, disk activity, and configuration changes post-snapshot are not included in the original state. Use this resource with care! Neither VMware nor HashiCorp recommends retaining snapshots for a extended period of time and does NOT recommend using them as as backup feature. For more information on the limitation of virtual machine snapshots, see here.
Example Usage
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as vsphere from "@pulumi/vsphere";
const demo1 = new vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot("demo1", {
virtualMachineUuid: "9aac5551-a351-4158-8c5c-15a71e8ec5c9",
snapshotName: "Snapshot Name",
description: "This is Demo Snapshot",
memory: true,
quiesce: true,
removeChildren: false,
consolidate: true,
});
import pulumi
import pulumi_vsphere as vsphere
demo1 = vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot("demo1",
virtual_machine_uuid="9aac5551-a351-4158-8c5c-15a71e8ec5c9",
snapshot_name="Snapshot Name",
description="This is Demo Snapshot",
memory=True,
quiesce=True,
remove_children=False,
consolidate=True)
package main
import (
"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-vsphere/sdk/v4/go/vsphere"
"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
)
func main() {
pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
_, err := vsphere.NewVirtualMachineSnapshot(ctx, "demo1", &vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs{
VirtualMachineUuid: pulumi.String("9aac5551-a351-4158-8c5c-15a71e8ec5c9"),
SnapshotName: pulumi.String("Snapshot Name"),
Description: pulumi.String("This is Demo Snapshot"),
Memory: pulumi.Bool(true),
Quiesce: pulumi.Bool(true),
RemoveChildren: pulumi.Bool(false),
Consolidate: pulumi.Bool(true),
})
if err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
})
}
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Pulumi;
using VSphere = Pulumi.VSphere;
return await Deployment.RunAsync(() =>
{
var demo1 = new VSphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot("demo1", new()
{
VirtualMachineUuid = "9aac5551-a351-4158-8c5c-15a71e8ec5c9",
SnapshotName = "Snapshot Name",
Description = "This is Demo Snapshot",
Memory = true,
Quiesce = true,
RemoveChildren = false,
Consolidate = true,
});
});
package generated_program;
import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;
import com.pulumi.vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot;
import com.pulumi.vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
public class App {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pulumi.run(App::stack);
}
public static void stack(Context ctx) {
var demo1 = new VirtualMachineSnapshot("demo1", VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs.builder()
.virtualMachineUuid("9aac5551-a351-4158-8c5c-15a71e8ec5c9")
.snapshotName("Snapshot Name")
.description("This is Demo Snapshot")
.memory("true")
.quiesce("true")
.removeChildren("false")
.consolidate("true")
.build());
}
}
resources:
demo1:
type: vsphere:VirtualMachineSnapshot
properties:
virtualMachineUuid: 9aac5551-a351-4158-8c5c-15a71e8ec5c9
snapshotName: Snapshot Name
description: This is Demo Snapshot
memory: 'true'
quiesce: 'true'
removeChildren: 'false'
consolidate: 'true'
Create VirtualMachineSnapshot Resource
Resources are created with functions called constructors. To learn more about declaring and configuring resources, see Resources.
Constructor syntax
new VirtualMachineSnapshot(name: string, args: VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs, opts?: CustomResourceOptions);
@overload
def VirtualMachineSnapshot(resource_name: str,
args: VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs,
opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None)
@overload
def VirtualMachineSnapshot(resource_name: str,
opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
description: Optional[str] = None,
memory: Optional[bool] = None,
quiesce: Optional[bool] = None,
snapshot_name: Optional[str] = None,
virtual_machine_uuid: Optional[str] = None,
consolidate: Optional[bool] = None,
remove_children: Optional[bool] = None)
func NewVirtualMachineSnapshot(ctx *Context, name string, args VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs, opts ...ResourceOption) (*VirtualMachineSnapshot, error)
public VirtualMachineSnapshot(string name, VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs args, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
public VirtualMachineSnapshot(String name, VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs args)
public VirtualMachineSnapshot(String name, VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs args, CustomResourceOptions options)
type: vsphere:VirtualMachineSnapshot
properties: # The arguments to resource properties.
options: # Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
Parameters
- name string
- The unique name of the resource.
- args VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs
- The arguments to resource properties.
- opts CustomResourceOptions
- Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
- resource_name str
- The unique name of the resource.
- args VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs
- The arguments to resource properties.
- opts ResourceOptions
- Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
- ctx Context
- Context object for the current deployment.
- name string
- The unique name of the resource.
- args VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs
- The arguments to resource properties.
- opts ResourceOption
- Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
- name string
- The unique name of the resource.
- args VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs
- The arguments to resource properties.
- opts CustomResourceOptions
- Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
- name String
- The unique name of the resource.
- args VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs
- The arguments to resource properties.
- options CustomResourceOptions
- Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
Constructor example
The following reference example uses placeholder values for all input properties.
var virtualMachineSnapshotResource = new VSphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot("virtualMachineSnapshotResource", new()
{
Description = "string",
Memory = false,
Quiesce = false,
SnapshotName = "string",
VirtualMachineUuid = "string",
Consolidate = false,
RemoveChildren = false,
});
example, err := vsphere.NewVirtualMachineSnapshot(ctx, "virtualMachineSnapshotResource", &vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs{
Description: pulumi.String("string"),
Memory: pulumi.Bool(false),
Quiesce: pulumi.Bool(false),
SnapshotName: pulumi.String("string"),
VirtualMachineUuid: pulumi.String("string"),
Consolidate: pulumi.Bool(false),
RemoveChildren: pulumi.Bool(false),
})
var virtualMachineSnapshotResource = new VirtualMachineSnapshot("virtualMachineSnapshotResource", VirtualMachineSnapshotArgs.builder()
.description("string")
.memory(false)
.quiesce(false)
.snapshotName("string")
.virtualMachineUuid("string")
.consolidate(false)
.removeChildren(false)
.build());
virtual_machine_snapshot_resource = vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot("virtualMachineSnapshotResource",
description="string",
memory=False,
quiesce=False,
snapshot_name="string",
virtual_machine_uuid="string",
consolidate=False,
remove_children=False)
const virtualMachineSnapshotResource = new vsphere.VirtualMachineSnapshot("virtualMachineSnapshotResource", {
description: "string",
memory: false,
quiesce: false,
snapshotName: "string",
virtualMachineUuid: "string",
consolidate: false,
removeChildren: false,
});
type: vsphere:VirtualMachineSnapshot
properties:
consolidate: false
description: string
memory: false
quiesce: false
removeChildren: false
snapshotName: string
virtualMachineUuid: string
VirtualMachineSnapshot Resource Properties
To learn more about resource properties and how to use them, see Inputs and Outputs in the Architecture and Concepts docs.
Inputs
In Python, inputs that are objects can be passed either as argument classes or as dictionary literals.
The VirtualMachineSnapshot resource accepts the following input properties:
- Description string
- A description for the snapshot.
- Memory bool
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - Quiesce bool
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - Snapshot
Name string - The name of the snapshot.
- Virtual
Machine stringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- Consolidate bool
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - Remove
Children bool - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed.
- Description string
- A description for the snapshot.
- Memory bool
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - Quiesce bool
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - Snapshot
Name string - The name of the snapshot.
- Virtual
Machine stringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- Consolidate bool
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - Remove
Children bool - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed.
- description String
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory Boolean
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce Boolean
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - snapshot
Name String - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual
Machine StringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate Boolean
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - remove
Children Boolean - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed.
- description string
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory boolean
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce boolean
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - snapshot
Name string - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual
Machine stringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate boolean
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - remove
Children boolean - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed.
- description str
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory bool
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce bool
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - snapshot_
name str - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual_
machine_ struuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate bool
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - remove_
children bool - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed.
- description String
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory Boolean
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce Boolean
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - snapshot
Name String - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual
Machine StringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate Boolean
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - remove
Children Boolean - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed.
Outputs
All input properties are implicitly available as output properties. Additionally, the VirtualMachineSnapshot resource produces the following output properties:
- Id string
- The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
- Id string
- The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
- id String
- The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
- id string
- The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
- id str
- The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
- id String
- The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
Look up Existing VirtualMachineSnapshot Resource
Get an existing VirtualMachineSnapshot resource’s state with the given name, ID, and optional extra properties used to qualify the lookup.
public static get(name: string, id: Input<ID>, state?: VirtualMachineSnapshotState, opts?: CustomResourceOptions): VirtualMachineSnapshot
@staticmethod
def get(resource_name: str,
id: str,
opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
consolidate: Optional[bool] = None,
description: Optional[str] = None,
memory: Optional[bool] = None,
quiesce: Optional[bool] = None,
remove_children: Optional[bool] = None,
snapshot_name: Optional[str] = None,
virtual_machine_uuid: Optional[str] = None) -> VirtualMachineSnapshot
func GetVirtualMachineSnapshot(ctx *Context, name string, id IDInput, state *VirtualMachineSnapshotState, opts ...ResourceOption) (*VirtualMachineSnapshot, error)
public static VirtualMachineSnapshot Get(string name, Input<string> id, VirtualMachineSnapshotState? state, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
public static VirtualMachineSnapshot get(String name, Output<String> id, VirtualMachineSnapshotState state, CustomResourceOptions options)
Resource lookup is not supported in YAML
- name
- The unique name of the resulting resource.
- id
- The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
- state
- Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
- opts
- A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
- resource_name
- The unique name of the resulting resource.
- id
- The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
- name
- The unique name of the resulting resource.
- id
- The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
- state
- Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
- opts
- A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
- name
- The unique name of the resulting resource.
- id
- The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
- state
- Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
- opts
- A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
- name
- The unique name of the resulting resource.
- id
- The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
- state
- Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
- opts
- A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
- Consolidate bool
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - Description string
- A description for the snapshot.
- Memory bool
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - Quiesce bool
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - Remove
Children bool - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed. - Snapshot
Name string - The name of the snapshot.
- Virtual
Machine stringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- Consolidate bool
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - Description string
- A description for the snapshot.
- Memory bool
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - Quiesce bool
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - Remove
Children bool - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed. - Snapshot
Name string - The name of the snapshot.
- Virtual
Machine stringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate Boolean
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - description String
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory Boolean
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce Boolean
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - remove
Children Boolean - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed. - snapshot
Name String - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual
Machine StringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate boolean
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - description string
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory boolean
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce boolean
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - remove
Children boolean - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed. - snapshot
Name string - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual
Machine stringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate bool
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - description str
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory bool
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce bool
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - remove_
children bool - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed. - snapshot_
name str - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual_
machine_ struuid - The virtual machine UUID.
- consolidate Boolean
- If set to
true
, the delta disks involved in this snapshot will be consolidated into the parent when this resource is destroyed. - description String
- A description for the snapshot.
- memory Boolean
- If set to
true
, a dump of the internal state of the virtual machine is included in the snapshot. - quiesce Boolean
- If set to
true
, and the virtual machine is powered on when the snapshot is taken, VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file system in the virtual machine. - remove
Children Boolean - If set to
true
, the entire snapshot subtree is removed when this resource is destroyed. - snapshot
Name String - The name of the snapshot.
- virtual
Machine StringUuid - The virtual machine UUID.
Package Details
- Repository
- vSphere pulumi/pulumi-vsphere
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Notes
- This Pulumi package is based on the
vsphere
Terraform Provider.