`oadp snapshot-location create`

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Create a volume snapshot location.

Syntax

cpd-cli oadp snapshot-location create <oadp-snapshot-name> \
[--config=<map<key, value>>] \
[--labels=<map<label,label,...>>] \
[--log-level=info|debug|warn|error|panic] \
[--namespace=<namespace-name>] \
[--provider=<backup-storage-provider-name>] \
[--verbose]

Arguments

Table 1: Command arguments

Argument	Description
`<oadp-snapshot-name>`	The name of the volume snapshot location to create.

Options

Option	Description
`--config`	The configuration key-value pairs. Status Required. Syntax `--config=<map<key, value>>` Default value No default. Valid values Any valid key-value pairs.
`--help` `-h`	Display command help. Status Optional. Syntax `--help` Default value No default. Valid values Not applicable.
`--labels`	Labels to apply to the volume snapshot location. Status Optional. Syntax `--labels=<map<label,label,...>>` Default value No default. Valid values Valid label names. (Comma separated map string array list.)
`--log-level`	The command log level. Status Optional. Syntax `--log-level=info\|debug\|warn\|error\|panic` Default value `info` Valid values `debug` Debug messages are written to the log. `error` Error messages are written to the log. `info` Informative messages are written to the log. `panic` Panic messages are written to the log. `warn` Warning messages are written to the log.
`--namespace`	The namespace name in which the utility should operate. Status Optional. Syntax `--namespace=<namespace-name>` Default value `oadp-operator` Valid values A valid project (namespace) name.
`--provider`	The volume snapshot provider name (for example, aws, azure, gcp). Status Required. Syntax `--provider=<volume-snapshot-provider-name>` Default value No default. Valid values Any valid volume snapshot provider name.
`--verbose`	Logs include more detailed messages. Status Optional. Syntax `--verbose` Default value No default. Valid values Not applicable.

Examples

Note: The following examples use the recommended installation environment variables.

Use a script to create environment variables with the correct values for your environment. For more information, see Best practice: Setting up install variables.

Create the oadp-snapshot-name volume snapshot for the AWS provider.

cpd-cli oadp snapshot-location create <oadp-snapshot-name> \
--config=<map<key, value>> \
--provider=aws \
--log-level=debug \
--verbose