Updating an EVS Snapshot

Function

This API is used to update an EVS snapshot.

URI

• URI format

  PUT /v2/{project_id}/snapshots/{snapshot_id}

• Parameter description

  Parameter	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	The project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
  snapshot_id	Yes	The snapshot ID.

Request

• Request parameters

  Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
  snapshot	Object	Yes	The information of the snapshot to be updated. For details, see Parameters in the snapshot field.

• Parameters in the snapshot field

  Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
  name	String	No	The snapshot name, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes. NOTE: When a disk backup is created, a snapshot will also be created and named with the autobk_snapshot_ prefix. Operations cannot be performed on such snapshots. Therefore, you are advised not to use autobk_snapshot_ as the prefix of snapshot names to avoid any inconvenience.
  description	String	No	The snapshot description, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes.
  display_name	String	No	The snapshot name, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes. You can specify either parameter name or display_name. If both parameters are specified, the name value will be used.
  display_description	String	No	The snapshot description, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes. You can specify either parameter description or display_description. If both parameters are specified, the name value will be used.

• Example request

  {
      "snapshot": {
          "name": "snap-001", 
          "description": "Daily backup"
      }
  }

Response

• Response parameters

  Parameter	Type	Description
  snapshot	Object	The snapshot information. For details, see Parameters in the snapshot field.
  error	Object	The error message returned if an error occurs. For details, see Parameters in the error field.

• Parameters in the snapshot field

  Parameter	Type	Description
  id	String	The snapshot ID.
  status	String	The snapshot status. For details, see EVS Snapshot Status.
  name	String	The snapshot name.
  description	String	The snapshot description.
  created_at	String	The time when the snapshot was created. Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX
  metadata	Object	The snapshot metadata.
  volume_id	String	The ID of the snapshot's source disk.
  size	Integer	The snapshot size, in GB.
  updated_at	String	The time when the snapshot was updated. Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX
  os-extended-snapshot-attributes:progress	String	The reserved field.
  os-extended-snapshot-attributes:project_id	String	The reserved field.

• Parameters in the error field

  Parameter	Type	Description
  message	String	The error message returned if an error occurs.
  code	String	The error code returned if an error occurs. For details about the error code, see Error Codes.

• Example response

  {
      "snapshot": {
          "status": "available", 
          "description": "Daily backup", 
          "created_at": "2013-02-25T03:56:53.081642", 
          "metadata": { }, 
          "volume_id": "5aa119a8-d25b-45a7-8d1b-88e127885635", 
          "size": 1, 
          "id": "f9faf7df-fdc1-4093-9ef3-5cba06eef995", 
          "name": "snap-001", 
          "updated_at": "2013-02-25T03:56:53.081642"
      }
  }

  or

  {
      "error": {
          "message": "XXXX", 
          "code": "XXX"
      }
  }

  In the preceding example, error indicates a general error, for example, badRequest or itemNotFound. An example is provided as follows:

  {
      "itemNotFound": {
          "message": "XXXX", 
          "code": "XXX"
      }
  }

Status Codes

• Normal

  200

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.