Required. The resource name of the instance, in the format projects/{projectId}/locations/{locationId}/instances/{instanceId}.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"targetSnapshotId": string}
Fields
targetSnapshotId
string
Required. The snapshot resource ID, in the format 'my-snapshot', where the specified ID is the {snapshotId} of the fully qualified name like projects/{projectId}/locations/{locationId}/instances/{instanceId}/snapshots/{snapshotId}
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation.
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