Creating a Backup Policy

Function

This API is used to create a backup policy. A tenant can create a maximum of 10 backup policies.

URI

• URI format

  POST /v2/{project_id}/backuppolicy

• Parameter description

  Parameter	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	Project ID

Request

• Parameter description

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  backup_policy_name	Yes	string	Backup policy name The name is a string of 1 to 64 characters consisting of letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It cannot start with default.
  scheduled_policy	Yes	dict	Details about the scheduling policy
  start_time	Yes	string	Backup execution time (UTC), in the format of HH:mm You need to set the execution time to a full hour. You can set multiple execution times, and use commas (,) to separate one time from another. To set multiple backup execution times, enter them in ascending order by local time. For example, if your local time is 2 hours ahead of UTC and you want to perform backups at the local times 00:00, 02:00, and 04:00, set this parameter to 22:00,00:00,02:00 (UTC times) and time_zone to UTC+02:00.
  frequency	No (Either this field or week_frequency must be specified.)	integer	Backup interval (1 to 14 days). Set either this parameter or week_frequency. If you set both, this parameter is used.
  week_frequency	No (Either this field or frequency must be specified.)	list<string>	Defines on which days of each week backup jobs are executed. The value can be one or more of the following: SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT
  rentention_num	No (Either this field or rentention_day must be specified.)\	integer	Number (from 2 to 14) of retained backups. Set either this parameter or rentention_day. If you set both, this parameter is used.
  rentention_day	No (Either this field or rentention_num must be specified.)	integer	Retention days of backups. The value is an integer ranging from 2 to 99999. If you enter a floating point number, the number will be rounded down to the nearest integer when you send the request.
  remain_first_backup_of_curMonth	No	string	Whether to retain the first backup in the current month Y N
  status	Yes	string	Backup policy status ON OFF
  tags	No	list<dict>	Tags to be configured for the backup policy
  key	Yes	string	Tag key. It contains 1 to 36 characters, A tag key can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
  value	Yes	string	Tag value. A tag value consists of 0 to 43 characters. A tag value can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
  time_zone	No	string	Time zone. The value is in the UTC+/-HH:mm format. This parameter specifies the time zone of the local time with the Daylight Saving Time (DST) offset, for example, UTC+08:00 or UTC-02:00. If execution times are in different days after converting into UTC times, this parameter must be used with week_frequency and start_time.

• Example request

  {
      "backup_policy_name": "policy_01",
      "scheduled_policy" : {
          "remain_first_backup_of_curMonth" : "Y",
          "rentention_day" : 30,
          "week_frequency" : ["SUN","WED"],
          "start_time" : "12:00",
          "status" : "ON"
      },
      "tags":[{
        "key":"key",
        "value":"value"
      }],
      "time_zone": "UTC+08:00"
  }

Response

• Parameter description

  Parameter	Type	Description
  backup_policy_id	string	Backup policy ID returned if the operation is successful
  message	string	Error message returned after an error occurs
  code	string	Error code returned after an error occurs For details about error codes, see Error Codes.

• Example response

  {
    "backup_policy_id": "af8a20b0-117d-4fc3-ae53-aa3968a4f870"
  }

  or

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

Status Codes

• Normal

  200

• 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.