Capture Image

capture.py

                # Gather the block devices
                blockDevices = self.client['Virtual_Guest'].getBlockDevices(id=server.id)

                objectMask ="mask[id;note;transactionId;globalIdentifier;children.id;children.note;children.transactionId]"

                # Gather the List of template device groups/images from softlayer as to reduce search
                preVGBDTGs = self.client['Account'].getPrivateBlockDeviceTemplateGroups(mask=objectMask)


                versionStamp = " [v"+version+"]"
                groupName = description + versionStamp
                if len(groupName) > 1000:
                        groupName = description[:1000-len(versionStamp)] + versionStamp

                # Select disks to be captured
                disks = []
                for block_device in blockDevices:

                        if block_device['device'] != '1': # If not swap then add the disk to be captured
                                logger.info("addding disk #%s to be captured" % block_device['device'])
                                disks.append(block_device)

                transactionInfo = self.client['Virtual_Guest'].createArchiveTransaction(name, disks, groupName, id=server.id)