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@@ -705,6 +705,21 @@
'*format': 'str', '*mode': 'NewImageMode' } }
##
+# @BlockdevSnapshot
+#
+# @node: device or node name that will have a snapshot created.
+#
+# @overlay: reference to the existing block device that will become
+# the overlay of @node, as part of creating the snapshot.
+# It must not have a current backing file (this can be
+# achieved by passing "backing": "" to blockdev-add).
+#
+# Since 2.5
+##
+{ 'struct': 'BlockdevSnapshot',
+ 'data': { 'node': 'str', 'overlay': 'str' } }
+
+##
# @DriveBackup
#
# @device: the name of the device which should be copied.
@@ -800,6 +815,19 @@
{ 'command': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync',
'data': 'BlockdevSnapshotSync' }
+
+##
+# @blockdev-snapshot
+#
+# Generates a snapshot of a block device.
+#
+# For the arguments, see the documentation of BlockdevSnapshot.
+#
+# Since 2.5
+##
+{ 'command': 'blockdev-snapshot',
+ 'data': 'BlockdevSnapshot' }
+
##
# @change-backing-file
#