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UpdateAutomaticTapeCreationPolicy - Storage Gateway

UpdateAutomaticTapeCreationPolicy

Updates the automatic tape creation policy of a gateway. Use this to update the policy with a new set of automatic tape creation rules. This is only supported for tape gateways.

By default, there is no automatic tape creation policy.

Note

A gateway can have only one automatic tape creation policy.

Request Syntax

{ "AutomaticTapeCreationRules": [ { "MinimumNumTapes": number, "PoolId": "string", "TapeBarcodePrefix": "string", "TapeSizeInBytes": number, "Worm": boolean } ], "GatewayARN": "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.

AutomaticTapeCreationRules

An automatic tape creation policy consists of a list of automatic tape creation rules. The rules determine when and how to automatically create new tapes.

Type: Array of AutomaticTapeCreationRule objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 10 items.

Required: Yes

GatewayARN

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the gateway. Use the ListGateways operation to return a list of gateways for your account and AWS Region.

Type: String

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

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "GatewayARN": "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.

GatewayARN

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the gateway. Use the ListGateways operation to return a list of gateways for your account and AWS Region.

Type: String

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

Errors

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

InternalServerError

An internal server error has occurred during the request. For more information, see the error and message fields.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidGatewayRequestException

An exception occurred because an invalid gateway request was issued to the service. For more information, see the error and message fields.

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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