---
title: "createBlockStorageSnapshotInstance"
slug: "compute-vserver-snapshot-createblockstoragesnapshotinstance"
tags: ["Server", "Block Storage"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:06:00Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:06:00Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/compute-vserver-snapshot-createblockstoragesnapshotinstance"
---

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# createBlockStorageSnapshotInstance

Available in VPC

Create a block storage snapshot instance.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET \| POST | /vserver/v2/createBlockStorageSnapshotInstance |

              Note

              

This guide is based on the GET method. POST method call tests can be performed through Swagger in the API Gateway service of the NAVER Cloud Platform console.

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Server APIs, see [Server request headers](/docs/en/compute-vserver#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `regionCode` | String | Optional | Region code - See [getBlockStorageInstanceList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-storage-getblockstorageinstancelist). - First Region of the query result (default) - Snapshots can be created in the Region where the block storage is located. |
| `blockStorageSnapshotName` | String | Optional | Snapshot name - Enter 3 to 30 characters using a combination of English letters, numbers, and the special characters "-" and "_". - The string must start with an English letter and end with an English letter or a number. - Auto-generated on no input (default) |
| `blockStorageSnapshotDescription` | String | Optional | Snapshot description (byte) - 0-1000 |
| `originalBlockStorageInstanceNo` | String | Required | Source storage instance number - See [getBlockStorageInstanceList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-storage-getblockstorageinstancelist). |
| `snapshotTypeCode` | String | Optional | Snapshot type code - `FULL` (default) \| `INCREMENTAL` - `FULL`: full storage snapshot - `INCREMENTAL`: incremental snapshot - Incremental snapshots can be taken after a full snapshot is created. - Up to 7 incremental snapshots can be created. |
| `responseFormatType` | String | Optional | Format of the response data - `xml` (default) \| `json` |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request GET 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/vserver/v2/createBlockStorageSnapshotInstance
?regionCode=KR
&blockStorageSnapshotName=snapshot-test
&originalBlockStorageInstanceNo=*****3168
&snapshotTypeCode=FULL
&responseFormatType=json' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `createBlockStorageSnapshotInstanceResponse` | Object | - | Response result - See [BlockStorageSnapshotInstanceList](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-blockstoragesnapshotinstancelist). |
| `createBlockStorageSnapshotInstanceResponse.requestId` | String | - | ID for the request - UUID format |
| `createBlockStorageSnapshotInstanceResponse.returnCode` | String | - | Response code |
| `createBlockStorageSnapshotInstanceResponse.returnMessage` | String | - | Response message |

### Response status codes

For information about the response status codes common to all Server APIs, see [Server response status codes](/docs/en/compute-vserver#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
  "createBlockStorageSnapshotInstanceResponse": {
    "totalRows": 1,
    "blockStorageSnapshotInstanceList": [
      {
        "blockStorageSnapshotInstanceNo": "*****4323",
        "blockStorageSnapshotName": "snapshot-test",
        "blockStorageSnapshotVolumeSize": 10737418240,
        "originalBlockStorageInstanceNo": "*****3168",
        "blockStorageSnapshotInstanceStatus": {
          "code": "INIT",
          "codeName": "Block storage INIT status"
        },
        "blockStorageSnapshotInstanceOperation": {
          "code": "CREAT",
          "codeName": "Block storage CREAT OP"
        },
        "blockStorageSnapshotInstanceStatusName": "creating",
        "createDate": "2025-06-25T16:50:14+0900",
        "isEncryptedOriginalBlockStorageVolume": false,
        "snapshotType": {
          "code": "FULL",
          "codeName": "Full Storage Snapshot"
        },
        "snapshotChainDepth": 0,
        "isBootable": false,
        "hypervisorType": {
          "code": "KVM",
          "codeName": "KVM"
        },
        "blockStorageVolumeType": {
          "code": "CB1",
          "codeName": "Common BlockStorage 1"
        }
      }
    ],
    "requestId": "bd72f843-****-****-****-3a56b6bf2a69",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```