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Updated on 15 September, 2025

Creates a snapshot of a virtual machine instance to preserve its current state for backup or replication purposes.


The vultr-cli snapshot create command creates a snapshot of a virtual machine instance, preserving its current state for backup or replication purposes.

Usage

console
$ vultr-cli snapshot create [flags]

Flags

Shorthand Long Version Description
-d --description (optional) Description of snapshot contents
-i --id ID of the virtual machine to create a snapshot from.

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