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Update the SnapLock retention time of a file

PATCH /storage/snaplock/file/{volume.uuid}/{path}

Introduced In: 9.7

Updates the SnapLock retention time of a file or extends the retention time of a WORM file. Input parameter "expiry_time" expects the date in ISO 8601 format, "infinite", or "unspecified".

  • volume file retention set

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

volume.uuid

string

path

True

Volume UUID

path

string

path

True

Path of the file in the form "/<dirpath>/<filename>" </filename></dirpath>

Request Body

Name Type Description

expiry_time

string

Expiry time of the file in date-time format, "infinite", "indefinite", or "unspecified". An "infinite" retention time indicates that the file will be retained forever. An "unspecified" retention time indicates that the file will be retained forever; however, the retention time of the file can be changed to an absolute value. An "indefinite" retention time indicates that the file is under Legal-Hold.

Example request
{
  "expiry_time": "2058-06-04T19:00:00Z"
}

Response

Status: 200, Ok

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response codes

Error code Description

14090347

File path must be in the format "/

/\"

14090348

Invalid Expiry time

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

svm

Name Type Description

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume

Name Type Description

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

snaplock_file_retention

Name Type Description

expiry_time

string

Expiry time of the file in date-time format, "infinite", "indefinite", or "unspecified". An "infinite" retention time indicates that the file will be retained forever. An "unspecified" retention time indicates that the file will be retained forever; however, the retention time of the file can be changed to an absolute value. An "indefinite" retention time indicates that the file is under Legal-Hold.

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.