Creating a VBS Backup (Native OpenStack V3 API)¶
Function¶
This API is used to create a VBS backup.
URI¶
URI format
POST /v3/{project_id}/backups
Parameter description
Parameter
Mandatory
Description
project_id
Yes
Project ID
Request¶
Parameter description
Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
backup
Yes
dict
Backup to be created
For details, see the backup field description.
Parameter description
Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
volume_id
Yes
string
ID of the disk to be backed up
snapshot_id
Yes
string
Snapshot ID of the disk to be backed up
name
No
string
Backup name. The value is a string of 1 to 64 characters that can contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-), not starting with auto.
description
No
string
Backup description
container
No
string
Backup container. This parameter will be skipped.
incremental
No
boolean
Whether it is an incremental backup. The value true indicates an incremental backup and false indicates a full backup. By default, VBS generates a full backup for the initial backup operation and incremental backups for subsequent backup operations. Therefore, this parameter is skipped.
force
No
boolean
Whether to forcibly back up the attached disks. The value true indicates a forcible backup and false indicates a non-forcible backup.
project_id
No
string
Project ID
Example request
{ "backup": { "volume_id": "c5834fe1-577f-462e-9bf3-1b158e1dde9c", "snapshot_id": "251f910a-a2bd-443e-a77a-90a3dbd26b7b", "name": "backup1", "description": "Backup_Demo" } }
Response¶
Parameter description
Parameter
Type
Description
backup
dict
Information about the created backup
id
string
Backup ID
name
string
Backup name
links
list<dict>
Information about the backup URL
href
string
Backup URL
rel
string
Relationship between the query result and href
Example response
{ "backup": { "id": "bb089eba-6b38-41c8-85a4-2b94fad7d570", "links": [ { "href": "https://volume.Region.dc1.domainname.com/v3/648bba9ba87e4b3f8484d0fc60e2e6cc/backups/bb089eba-6b38-41c8-85a4-2b94fad7d570", "rel": "self" }, { "href": "https://volume.Region.dc1.domainname.com/648bba9ba87e4b3f8484d0fc60e2e6cc/backups/bb089eba-6b38-41c8-85a4-2b94fad7d570", "rel": "bookmark" } ], "name": "backup1" } }
or
{ "badRequest": { "code": "XXXX", "message": "XXX" } }
Status Codes¶
Normal
202
Abnormal
Status Code
Description
400 Bad Request
The server failed to process the request.
401 Unauthorized
You must enter the username and password to access the requested page.
403 Forbidden
You are forbidden to access the requested page.
404 Not Found
The server could not find the requested page.
405 Method Not Allowed
You are not allowed to use the method specified in the request.
406 Not Acceptable
The response generated by the server could not be accepted by the client.
407 Proxy Authentication Required
You must use the proxy server for authentication so that the request can be processed.
408 Request Timeout
The request timed out.
409 Conflict
The request could not be processed due to a conflict.
500 Internal Server Error
Failed to complete the request because of an internal service error.
501 Not Implemented
Failed to complete the request because the server does not support the requested function.
502 Bad Gateway
Failed to complete the request because the request is invalid.
503 Service Unavailable
Failed to complete the request because the service is unavailable.
504 Gateway Timeout
A gateway timeout error occurred.
Error Codes¶
For details, see Error Codes.