Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

StopDiscoveryJob

Stops a running DataSync discovery job.

You can stop a discovery job anytime. A job that's stopped before it's scheduled to end likely will provide you some information about your on-premises storage system resources. To get recommendations for a stopped job, you must use the GenerateRecommendations operation.

Request Syntax


{
   "DiscoveryJobArn": "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.

DiscoveryJobArn

Specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the discovery job that you want to stop.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):datasync:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:system/storage-system-[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}/job/discovery-job-[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$

Required: Yes

Response Elements

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

Errors

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

InternalException

This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS DataSync service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.

HTTP Status Code: 400