class Fission::Action::Snapshot::Creator

def create_snapshot(name)

If there is an error, an unsuccessful Response will be returned.
If successful, the Response's data attribute will be nil.
Returns a Response with the result.

@creator.create_snapshot('foo_snap_1')

Examples

name - The desired name of the snapshot. The name must be unique.

to create a snapshot. Snapshot names must be unique.
Public: Creates a snapshot for a VM. The VM must be running in order 
def create_snapshot(name)
  unless @vm.exists?
    return Response.new :code => 1, :message => 'VM does not exist'
  end
  running_response = @vm.running?
  return running_response unless running_response.successful?
  unless running_response.data
    message = 'The VM must be running in order to take a snapshot.'
    return Response.new :code => 1, :message => message
  end
  conf_file_response = @vm.conf_file
  return conf_file_response unless conf_file_response.successful?
  snapshots_response = @vm.snapshots
  return snapshots_response unless snapshots_response.successful?
  if snapshots_response.data.include? name
    message = "There is already a snapshot named '#{name}'."
    return Response.new :code => 1, :message => message
  end
  command = "#{vmrun_cmd} snapshot "
  command << "'#{conf_file_response.data}' \"#{name}\" 2>&1"
  command_exec = Fission::Action::ShellExecutor.new command
  Response.from_shell_executor command_exec.execute
end

def initialize(vm)

Returns a new SnapshotCreator object

Fission::Action::SnapshotCreator.new @my_vm

Examples:

vm - An instance of VM

object.
Internal: Creates a new SnapshotCreator object. This accepts a VM 
def initialize(vm)
  @vm = vm
end

def vmrun_cmd

Returns a String for the configured value of Fission.config['vmrun_cmd'].

# => "/foo/bar/vmrun -T fusion"
@creator.vmrun_cmd

Examples

Internal: Helper for getting the configured vmrun_cmd value. 
def vmrun_cmd
  Fission.config['vmrun_cmd']
end