Updated on 2026-01-27 GMT+08:00

Managing Migration Tasks

Function

This API is used to manage migration tasks, including starting, suspending, and synchronizing tasks, uploading logs, and deleting snapshot resources.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/tasks/{task_id}/action

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

task_id

Yes

String

The migration task ID.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 36

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 16384

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

operation

Yes

String

Operation on the task.

start

stop

test

cutover: Start the target server.

clone_test

restart

network_check

skip: Skip the consistency verification subtask.

clear: Clear snapshot resources.

migration_test: Start the migration drill.

error_for_overspeed: The task is automatically suspended due to overspeed.

Enumeration values:

  • start

  • stop

  • test

  • clone_test

  • restart

  • network_check

  • clear

  • skip

  • migration_test

template_id

No

String

The template ID.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

switch_hce

No

Boolean

Whether to switch to HCE. Only Linux migration tasks are supported.

Default: false

is_need_consistency_check

No

Boolean

Indicates whether consistency verification is enabled.

Default: false

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

The management operation for the migration task succeeded.

Status code: 403

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

The error code.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

error_msg

String

The error message.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

encoded_authorization_message

String

The encrypted authorization information.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

error_param

Array of strings

Error parameters.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

Array Length: 1 - 20

details

Array of details objects

The error details.

Array Length: 1 - 20

Table 6 details

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

The SMS error code.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

error_msg

String

The SMS error message.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

Example Requests

  • Migration tasks can be managed. To clone the target server in a migration task, a template ID is required. This example clones the target server in the task with the ID 7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "clone_test",
      "template_id" : "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx0001"
    }
  • This example launches the target server in a migration task.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "test"
    }
  • This example starts the task with the ID 7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "start"
    }
  • This example pauses the task with the ID 7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "stop"
    }
  • This example starts the task whose ID is 7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "restart"
    }
  • This example clears snapshot resources for the task whose ID is 7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "clear"
    }
  • This example skips the consistency verification subtask.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "skip"
    }
  • This example starts the migration drill subtask.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/tasks/7a9a9540-ff28-4869-b9e4-855fbe12xxxx/action
    
    {
      "operation" : "migration_test"
    }

Example Responses

Status code: 200

The management operation for the migration task succeeded.

{ }

Status code: 403

Authentication failed.

{
  "error_code" : "SMS.9004",
  "error_msg" : "The current account does not have the permission to execute policy. You do not have permission to perform action XXX on resource XXX.",
  "encoded_authorization_message" : "XXXXXX",
  "error_param" : [ "You do not have permission to perform action XXX on resource XXX." ],
  "details" : [ {
    "error_code" : "SMS.9004",
    "error_msg" : "You do not have permission to perform action XXX on resource XXX."
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

The management operation for the migration task succeeded.

403

Authentication failed.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.