You can call this operation to create an automatic snapshot policy.

Description

After you create an automatic snapshot policy, you can call the ApplyAutoSnapshotPolicy operation to apply it to a disk. You can also call the ModifyAutoSnapshotPolicyEx operation to modify a created automatic snapshot policy.

When you call this operation, take note of the following items:

  • You can create a maximum of 100 automatic snapshot policies in each region for a single Alibaba Cloud account.
  • If an automatic snapshot is being created when the time scheduled for a new automatic snapshot to be created is due, the new snapshot task is skipped. This may occur when a disk contains a large volume of data. For example, you have scheduled snapshots to be created at 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, and 12:00. The system starts to create a snapshot at 09:00 and completes the process at 10:20. The process takes 80 minutes because the disk has a large volume of data. The system does not create a snapshot at 10:00, but creates a snapshot at 11:00.

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 CreateAutoSnapshotPolicy

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

The region ID of the automatic snapshot policy. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

repeatWeekdays String Yes ["1","2"]

The days of the week on which to create automatic snapshots. Valid values: 1 to 7. For example, 1 indicates Monday.

You can specify multiple days from Monday to Sunday.

  • You can specify up to 7 days over a one-week period.
  • You must specify the parameter in a JSON-formatted array such as ["1", "2", … "7"]. Separate multiple values with commas (,).
retentionDays Integer Yes 30

The retention period of an automatic snapshot. Unit: days. Valid values:

  • -1: The automatic snapshot is retained permanently.
  • 1-65536: The automatic snapshot is retained for the specified number of days.

Default value: -1.
timePoints String Yes ["0", "1", ... "23"]

The point in time at which to create automatic snapshots. Unit: hours. Valid values: 0 to 23. The values indicate a total of 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:00. For example, 1 indicates 01:00.

To schedule multiple automatic snapshot tasks for a disk in a day, you can set the timePoints parameter to a JSON-formatted array. You can specify a maximum of 24 points in time.

autoSnapshotPolicyName String No TestName

The name of the automatic snapshot policy. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://. It can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

This parameter is empty by default.
Tag.N.Key String No TestKey

The key of tag N of the snapshot. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. It cannot be an empty string. The tag key can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot contain http:// or https://. It cannot start with acs: or aliyun.

Tag.N.Value String No TestValue

The value of tag N of the snapshot. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. It can be an empty string. The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot contain http:// or https://. It cannot start with acs:.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
AutoSnapshotPolicyId String sp-bp12m37ccmxvbmi5****

The ID of the automatic snapshot policy.
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=CreateAutoSnapshotPolicy
&regionId=cn-hangzhou
&repeatWeekdays=["1"]
&retentionDays=30
&timePoints=["0", "19"]
&autoSnapshotPolicyName=TestName
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<CreateAutoSnapshotPolicyResponse>
      <RequestId>F3CD6886-D8D0-4FEE-B93E-1B73239673DE</RequestId>
      <AutoSnapshotPolicyId>sp-bp12m37ccmxvbmi5****</AutoSnapshotPolicyId>
</CreateAutoSnapshotPolicyResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "F3CD6886-D8D0-4FEE-B93E-1B73239673DE",
    "AutoSnapshotPolicyId": "sp-bp12m37ccmxvbmi5****"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
403 ParameterInvalid The specified RegionId parameter is invalid. The error message returned because the specified regionId parameter is invalid.
403 ParameterInvalid The specified RepeatWeekDays parameter is invalid. The error message returned because the specified repeatWeekdays parameter is invalid.
403 ParameterInvalid The specified TimePoints parameter is invalid. The error message returned because the specified timePoints parameter is invalid.
403 ParameterInvalid The specified RetentionDays parameter is invalid. The error message returned because the specified retentionDays parameter is invalid.
403 AutoSnapshotPolicy.QuotaExceed The maximum number of automatic snapshot policy has been reached. The error message returned because the maximum number of automatic snapshot policies has been reached.
400 DiskCategory.OperationNotSupported The type of the specified disk does not support creating a snapshot. The error message returned because the operation is not supported by the current disk category.
403 InvalidAccountStatus.NotEnoughBalance Your account does not have enough balance. The error message returned because your account balance is insufficient. Top up your account before you proceed.
403 InvalidAccountStatus.SnapshotServiceUnavailable Snapshot service has not been opened yet. The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the snapshot service is disabled.
400 Duplicate.TagKey The Tag.N.Key contain duplicate key. The error message returned because a tag with the identical key already exists. Tag keys must be unique.
400 InvalidTagKey.Malformed The specified Tag.n.Key is not valid. The error message returned because the specified Tag.N.Key parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidTagValue.Malformed The specified Tag.n.Value is not valid. The error message returned because the specified Tag.N.Value parameter is invalid.

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