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UpdateHypervisor

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UpdateHypervisor - AWS Backup

Updates a hypervisor metadata, including its host, username, and password. Specify which hypervisor to update using the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the hypervisor in your request.

Request Syntax

{ "Host": "string", "HypervisorArn": "string", "LogGroupArn": "string", "Name": "string", "Password": "string", "Username": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Host

The updated host of the hypervisor. This can be either an IP address or a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN).

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^.+$

Required: No

HypervisorArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the hypervisor to update.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov):backup-gateway(:[a-zA-Z-0-9]+){3}\/[a-zA-Z-0-9]+$

Required: Yes

LogGroupArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the group of gateways within the requested log.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: ^$|^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov):logs:([a-zA-Z0-9-]+):([0-9]+):log-group:[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.]+:\*$

Required: No

Name

The updated name for the hypervisor

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9-]*$

Required: No

Password

The updated password for the hypervisor.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^[ -~]+$

Required: No

Username

The updated username for the hypervisor.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^[ -\.0-\[\]-~]*[!-\.0-\[\]-~][ -\.0-\[\]-~]*$

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "HypervisorArn": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

HypervisorArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the hypervisor you updated.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov):backup-gateway(:[a-zA-Z-0-9]+){3}\/[a-zA-Z-0-9]+$

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

The operation cannot proceed because you have insufficient permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConflictException

The operation cannot proceed because it is not supported.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerException

The operation did not succeed because an internal error occurred. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

A resource that is required for the action wasn't found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ThrottlingException

TPS has been limited to protect against intentional or unintentional high request volumes.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The operation did not succeed because a validation error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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