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GCP Compute Snapshot

A GCP Compute Snapshot is a point-in-time, incremental copy of a Persistent Disk or regional Persistent Disk. Snapshots can be used to back up data, restore a disk to a previous state, or create new disks in any region from the captured data. Because snapshots are incremental, only the blocks that have changed since the last snapshot are stored, reducing storage costs. Full details are available in the official Google Cloud documentation: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots

Terrafrom Mappings:

  • google_compute_snapshot.name

Supported Methods​

  • GET: Get GCP Compute Snapshot by "gcp-compute-snapshot-name"
  • LIST: List all GCP Compute Snapshot items
  • SEARCH

Possible Links​

gcp-compute-instant-snapshot​

An instant snapshot is a rapidly captured, crash-consistent snapshot that is later hydrated into a standard Compute Snapshot resource. If a Compute Snapshot originated from an instant snapshot, Overmind links the two so you can trace the lineage of the backup.

gcp-compute-disk​

Every Compute Snapshot references the source Persistent Disk from which it was taken. Overmind links snapshots to their source disks so that you can understand which storage resources are protected and how restoring from a given snapshot would affect a particular disk.