You can call this operation to query the information of one or more instance snapshots.

Description

You can specify multiple request parameters such as InstanceId, SnapshotGroupId.N, and Status.N to be queried. Specified parameters have logical AND relations. Only the specified parameters are included in the filter conditions.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeSnapshotGroups

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeSnapshotGroups.
RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The region ID. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

InstanceId String No i-j6ca469urv8ei629****

The ID of the instance.

SnapshotGroupId.N RepeatList No ssg-j6ciyh3k52qp7ovm****

The ID of instance snapshot N. Valid values of N: 1 to 10.
Status.N RepeatList No accomplished

The status of instance snapshot N. Valid values:

  • progressing: The instance snapshot is being created.
  • accomplished: The instance snapshot is created.
  • failed: The instance snapshot fails to be created.

Valid values of N: 1 to 3.
Name String No testName

The name of the instance snapshot.

NextToken String No caeba0bbb2be03f84eb48b699f0a4883

The query token. Set this parameter to the NextToken value that is returned in the last API call.

MaxResults Integer No 10

The number of entries to return on each page.

Maximum value: 100.

Default value: 10.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
NextToken String caeba0bbb2be03f84eb48b699f0a4883

The token used to start the next query.

RequestId String 3F9A4CC4-362F-469A-B9EF-B3204EF8AA3A

The ID of the request.

SnapshotGroups Array of SnapshotGroup

Details about the instance snapshots.

SnapshotGroup
CreationTime String 2021-03-23T10:58:48Z

The time when the instance snapshot was created.

Description String This is description.

The description.

InstanceId String i-j6ca469urv8ei629****

The ID of the instance for which the instance snapshot was created.

Name String testName

The name of the instance snapshot.

ProgressStatus String null
Note This parameter is unavailable.
SnapshotGroupId String ssg-j6ciyh3k52qp7ovm****

The ID of the instance snapshot.

Snapshots Array of Snapshot

Details about the snapshots contained in the instance snapshot.

Snapshot
InstantAccess Boolean true

Indicates whether the instant access feature is enabled. Valid values:

  • true: The instant access feature is enabled. This feature can be enabled only for enhanced SSDs (ESSDs).
  • false: The instant access feature is disabled. The snapshot is a normal snapshot for which the instant access feature is disabled.
InstantAccessRetentionDays Integer 3

The retention period of the instant access feature. After the retention period ends, the snapshot is automatically released.

Progress String 100%

The progress of the snapshot creation task. Unit: percent (%).

SnapshotId String s-j6cbzmrlbf09w72q****

The ID of the snapshot.

SourceDiskId String d-j6c3ogynmvpi6wy7****

The ID of the source disk. This parameter is retained even after the source disk is released.

SourceDiskType String system

The category of the source disk. Valid values:

  • system: system disk
  • data: data disk
Status String accomplished

The status of the instance snapshot. Valid values:

  • progressing: The instance snapshot is being created.
  • accomplished: The instance snapshot is created.
  • failed: The instance snapshot fails to be created.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeSnapshotGroups
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&SnapshotGroupId.1=ssg-j6ciyh3k52qp7ovm****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<DescribeSnapshotGroupsResponse>
      <RequestId>3F9A4CC4-362F-469A-B9EF-B3204EF8AA3A</RequestId>
      <NextToken></NextToken>
      <SnapshotGroups>
            <SnapshotGroup>
                  <Status>accomplished</Status>
                  <Description>This is description.</Description>
                  <InstanceId>i-j6ca469urv8ei629****</InstanceId>
                  <CreationTime>2021-03-23T10:58:48Z</CreationTime>
                  <SnapshotGroupId>ssg-j6ciyh3k52qp7ovm****</SnapshotGroupId>
                  <Snapshots>
                        <Snapshot>
                              <SnapshotId>s-j6cbzmrlbf09w72q****</SnapshotId>
                              <InstantAccess>true</InstantAccess>
                              <Progress>100%</Progress>
                              <SourceDiskType>system</SourceDiskType>
                              <InstantAccessRetentionDays>3</InstantAccessRetentionDays>
                              <SourceDiskId>d-j6c3ogynmvpi6wy7****</SourceDiskId>
                        </Snapshot>
                        <Snapshot>
                              <SnapshotId>s-j6cdofbycydvg7ey****</SnapshotId>
                              <InstantAccess>true</InstantAccess>
                              <Progress>100%</Progress>
                              <SourceDiskType>data</SourceDiskType>
                              <InstantAccessRetentionDays>3</InstantAccessRetentionDays>
                              <SourceDiskId>d-j6cf7l0ewidb78lq****</SourceDiskId>
                        </Snapshot>
                  </Snapshots>
                  <Name>testName</Name>
            </SnapshotGroup>
      </SnapshotGroups>
</DescribeSnapshotGroupsResponse>

JSON format 

{
	"RequestId": "3F9A4CC4-362F-469A-B9EF-B3204EF8AA3A",
	"NextToken": "",
	"SnapshotGroups": {
		"SnapshotGroup": [
			{
				"Status": "accomplished",
				"Description": "This is description.",
				"InstanceId": "i-j6ca469urv8ei629****",
				"CreationTime": "2021-03-23T10:58:48Z",
				"SnapshotGroupId": "ssg-j6ciyh3k52qp7ovm****",
				"Snapshots": {
					"Snapshot": [
						{
							"SnapshotId": "s-j6cbzmrlbf09w72q****",
							"InstantAccess": true,
							"Progress": "100%",
							"SourceDiskType": "system",
							"InstantAccessRetentionDays": 3,
							"SourceDiskId": "d-j6c3ogynmvpi6wy7****"
						},
						{
							"SnapshotId": "s-j6cdofbycydvg7ey****",
							"InstantAccess": true,
							"Progress": "100%",
							"SourceDiskType": "data",
							"InstantAccessRetentionDays": 3,
							"SourceDiskId": "d-j6cf7l0ewidb78lq****"
						}
					]
				},
				"Name": "testName"
			}
		]
	}
}

Error codes

HttpCode Error code Error message Description
403 InvalidStatus.ValueNotSupported %s The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the resource is in the current state.

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