snapmanager 0.2.8

Makes VSS snapshot disks bootable in Google Cloud

SnapManager

A tool for managing VSS-enabled snapshots in Google Cloud Platform. Currently supports restoring VSS snapshots and creating bootable VM instances from them.

Features

• Restore VSS-enabled snapshots to bootable VM instances
• Handles all the complexity of making Windows disks bootable
• Clean and user-friendly command-line interface
• Detailed progress tracking and error reporting

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Google Cloud SDK
• Google Cloud Service Account with the following permissions:
  • compute.disks.*
  • compute.instances.*
  • compute.snapshots.*
  • compute.networks.use
  • compute.subnetworks.use

Authentication

SnapManager uses Google Cloud Application Default Credentials for authentication. You can set this up in one of two ways:

1. Service Account Key File (Recommended for production):

   export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/service-account-key.json"
   

2. User Credentials (Good for development):

   gcloud auth application-default login
   

Installation

pip install snapmanager

Usage

# Show help
snapmanager restore --help

# Restore a VSS snapshot
snapmanager restore \
  --project YOUR_PROJECT_ID \
  --zone ZONE \
  --vpc-network NETWORK_NAME \
  --subnet SUBNET_NAME \
  --snapshot SNAPSHOT_NAME

Command Arguments

• --project: Google Cloud project ID where the snapshot and new VM will be created
• --zone: Google Cloud zone where the new VM will be created
• --vpc-network: VPC network to attach the new VM to
• --subnet: Subnet within the VPC network for the new VM
• --snapshot: Name of the VSS-enabled snapshot to restore from

Example

snapmanager restore \
  --project my-project \
  --zone europe-west1-b \
  --vpc-network default \
  --subnet default \
  --snapshot my-windows-vss-snapshot

This will:

1. Create a new disk from the VSS snapshot
2. Create a temporary VM to make the disk bootable
3. Run necessary Windows boot configuration commands
4. Create a final VM with the bootable disk
5. Clean up temporary resources