Clone snapshot via CLI

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Hey there.
Can anyone show me an example of cloning snapshots via Truenas CLI
There is no documentation about this.

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Just out of interest, why do you want that?

I mean, you can do it from the GUI or from the shell. Mb it’s possible via CLI; I’m just not familiar with it.

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my boss want to do this with scripts. NO GUI :rofl:

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I do believe a standard zfs clone in the shell would work for this case.

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i think it will work.
But TruenasCLI contains that option. I just can’t find the right syntax

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Or you can use a python script with our API client (already installed on TrueNAS) to use our API: pool.snapshot.clone — TrueNAS API v26.04.0 documentation

This has the advantage that your script will be portable to any system with the API client installed (just provide API key and hostname / IP address of the TrueNAS server instead of using the default AF_UNIX connection).

If you’re running the script locally on the NAS you can do something like:

from truenas_api_client import Client

with Client() as c:
    c.call('smb.config')

For example. The above authenticates to the middleware as your currently-authenticated user.

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I found a solution in create dataset command documentation
so my example is:
storage snapshot clone snapshot_clone={“snapshot”:“NAS/debiscsi@123”,“dataset_dst”:“NAS/123”}

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