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POST Object restore

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You can use the S3 POST Object restore request to restore an object that is stored in a Cloud Storage Pool.

Supported request type

StorageGRID only supports POST Object restore requests to restore an object. It does not support the SELECT type of restoration. Select requests return XNotImplemented.

Versioning

Optionally, specify versionId to restore a specific version of an object in a versioned bucket. If you do not specify versionId, the most recent version of the object is restored

Behavior of POST Object restore on Cloud Storage Pool objects

If an object has been stored in a Cloud Storage Pool (see the instructions for managing objects with information lifecycle management), a POST Object restore request has the following behavior, based on the state of the object. See “HEAD Object” for more details.

Note If an object is stored in a Cloud Storage Pool and one or more copies of the object also exist on the grid, there is no need to restore the object by issuing a POST Object restore request. Instead, the local copy can be retrieved directly, using a GET Object request.
State of object Behavior of POST Object restore

Object ingested into StorageGRID but not yet evaluated by ILM, or object is not in a Cloud Storage Pool

403 Forbidden, InvalidObjectState

Object in Cloud Storage Pool but not yet transitioned to a non-retrievable state

200 OK No changes are made.

Note: Before an object has been transitioned to a non-retrievable state, you cannot change its expiry-date.

Object transitioned to a non-retrievable state

202 Accepted Restores a retrievable copy of the object to the Cloud Storage Pool for the number of days specified in the request body. At the end of this period, the object is returned to a non-retrievable state.

Optionally, use the Tier request element to determine how long the restore job will take to finish (Expedited, Standard, or Bulk). If you do not specify Tier, the Standard tier is used.

Attention: If an object has been transitioned to S3 Glacier Deep Archive or the Cloud Storage Pool uses Azure Blob Storage, you cannot restore it using the Expedited tier. The following error is returned 403 Forbidden, InvalidTier: Retrieval option is not supported by this storage class.

Object in process of being restored from a non-retrievable state

409 Conflict, RestoreAlreadyInProgress

Object fully restored to the Cloud Storage Pool

200 OK

Note: If an object has been restored to a retrievable state, you can change its expiry-date by reissuing the POST Object restore request with a new value for Days. The restoration date is updated relative to the time of the request.
Related information

Manage objects with ILM

HEAD Object

S3 operations tracked in the audit logs