---
title: "snapshot create"
slug: "snapshot-create"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:24:31Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:24:31Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/snapshot-create"
---

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# snapshot create

This command creates a [snapshot](/docs-5-3/docs/snapshots-and-local-backup).

##### Usage

```plaintext
snapshot create --path PATH
                --name NAME
                [--expiration-time EXPIRATION_TIME]
                [--enable-lock]
```

##### Required Parameters

| `--path PATH` | Specifies the path to a directory. The snapshot will include all files and folders under the specified directory at the time of taking the snapshot. |
| --- | --- |
| `--name NAME` | Sets the name of the snapshot. |

##### Options

| `--expiration-time EXPIRATION_TIME` | Specifies a time in the future at which the snapshot should expire. Specify EXPIRATION_TIME in the format *YYYY-mm-dd*T*HH:MM:SS*. Example: `--expiration-time 2019-09-25T22:30:00` |
| --- | --- |
| `--enable-lock` | Renders the snapshot indestructible. Once this setting is enabled, deleting the snapshot or shortening its expiration time requires unlocking the cluster's indestructibility mechanism. |

##### Example

```plaintext
vcli: admin> snapshot create --path /dev --name snap1 --expiration-time 2020-10-26T21:30:00
```