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Retrieve a shadow copy

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GET /protocols/cifs/shadow-copies/{client_uuid}

Introduced In: 9.11

Retrieves a Shadowcopy

  • vserver cifs shadowcopy show-shares

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

_links

_links

client_uuid

string

The universally-unique identifier of the client's shadow copy.

destination_dir

string

The path of the destination directory. The path is in UTF8 and uses forward slash as a directory separator. The path is relative to the root of the volume.

files

array[string]

The list of files to shadow copy in the share. The path is in UTF8 and uses forward slash as a directory separator. The path is relative to the root of the share.

shadowcopy_set

shadowcopy_set

share

share

source_dir

string

The path of the source directory. The path is in UTF8 and uses forward slash as a directory separator. The path is relative to the root of the volume.

svm

svm

uuid

string

The universally-unique identifier of the storage's shadow copy.

volume

volume

The name of the volume where the source and destination directories reside.

with_content

boolean

Specifies what needs to be restored. False specifies the directory only. True indicates the directory and its content.
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "client_uuid": "abc13450-1f19-40ba-9b82-ebf277517e7e",
  "destination_dir": "/dir2",
  "files": [
    "/vhd1",
    "/vhd2"
  ],
  "shadowcopy_set": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "uuid": "5f4e19f3-5e2d-11ec-8766-005056a7c134"
  },
  "share": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "sh1"
  },
  "source_dir": "/dir1",
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "uuid": "fef32805-1f19-40ba-9b82-ebf277517e7e",
  "volume": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "volume1",
    "uuid": "028baa66-41bd-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  }
}

Error

Status: Default, Error
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": {
      "code": "string",
      "message": "string"
    },
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href
Name Type Description

self

href

shadowcopy_set

Name Type Description

_links

self_link

uuid

string

share

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

Share name

svm

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume

The name of the volume where the source and destination directories reside.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the volume.

uuid

string

Unique identifier for the volume. This corresponds to the instance-uuid that is exposed in the CLI and ONTAPI. It does not change due to a volume move.

  • example: 028baa66-41bd-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7

  • Introduced in: 9.6

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.