Creating a Disk Transfer

Function

This API is used to create a disk transfer. After the transfer has been created, a transfer ID and an authentication key are returned.

After a disk transfer is created, the disk status changes from available to awaiting-transfer. Once the disk transfer is accepted, the disk status changes to available again.

Constraints

A disk transfer can be created only when the disk status is available. The detailed constraints are as follows:

• Encrypted EVS disks cannot be transferred.
• EVS disks with backups and snapshots available cannot be transferred.
• EVS disks associated with backup policies cannot be transferred.

If the disk transfer is created using one of the unsupported disks, error code 400 will be returned.

URI

• URI format

  POST /v2/{project_id}/os-volume-transfer

• 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.

Request

• Request parameters

  Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
  transfer	Object	Yes	The transfer creation marker. For details, see Parameters in the transfer field.

• Parameters in the transfer field

  Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
  volume_id	String	Yes	The disk ID.
  name	String	Yes	The transfer name, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes.

• Example request

  {
      "transfer": {
          "volume_id": "c86b9af4-151d-4ead-b62c-5fb967af0e37", 
          "name": "first volume"
      }
  }

Response

• Response parameters

  Parameter	Type	Description
  transfer	Object	The transfer information. For details, see Parameters in the transfer field.

• Parameters in the transfer field

  Parameter	Type	Description
  auth_key	String	The authentication key of the transfer.
  links	Array of Objects	The links of the transfer. See Parameters in the links field.
  created_at	String	The time when the transfer was created. Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX
  volume_id	String	The disk ID.
  id	String	The transfer ID.
  name	String	The transfer name.

• Parameters in the links field

  Parameter	Type	Description
  href	String	The corresponding shortcut link.
  rel	String	The shortcut link marker name. The default value is next.

• Example response

  {
      "transfer": {
          "id": "1a7059f5-8ed7-45b7-8d05-2811e5d09f24", 
          "created_at": "2015-02-25T03:56:53.081642", 
          "name": "first volume", 
          "volume_id": "c86b9af4-151d-4ead-b62c-5fb967af0e37", 
          "auth_key": "9266c59563c84664", 
          "links": [
              {
                  "href": "https://localhost/v2/firstproject/os-volume-transfer/3", 
                  "rel": "self"
              }, 
              {
                  "href": "https://localhost/firstproject/os-volume-transfer/3", 
                  "rel": "bookmark"
              }
          ]
      }
  }

Status Codes

• Normal

  202

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.