VAST Data

VAST Data Protectedpaths API

A protected path is a data path in the Element Store (file/object system) that is protected by snapshots which may be replicated to an S3 replication peer or to an async replication peer. Scheduling and replication is controlled by an associated protection policy.

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Operations 20

GET /protectedpaths/ List Protected Paths #
POST /protectedpaths/ Create a Protected Path #
DELETE /protectedpaths/{id}/ Delete a Protected Path #
GET /protectedpaths/{id}/ Return Details of a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/ Modify a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/add_stream/ Add a Replication Stream to a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/commit Commit a Restored Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/force_failover Force failover on a protected path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/modify_member/ Modify Capability of a Replication Stream that Belongs to a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/pause Pause Restore on a Protected Path #
DELETE /protectedpaths/{id}/prefetch_path Delete Path Prefetch Task #
GET /protectedpaths/{id}/prefetch_path Return Status for Prefetch Path #
POST /protectedpaths/{id}/prefetch_path Prefetch a Path to Global Access Cache #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/reattach_stream/ Reattach a Stream to a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/remove_stream/ Remove a Stream from a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/replicate_now/ Trigger Replication on all the Streams of a Protected Path #
POST /protectedpaths/{id}/restore Create a Clone to Restore a Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/resume Resume Restore on a Protected Path #
PATCH /protectedpaths/{id}/stop Stops snapshot restore on protected path #
GET /protectedpaths/{id}/validate Returns validations results for Protected Path #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://support.vastdata.com/s/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vastdata/refs/heads/main/openapi/vastdata-protectedpaths-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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SDK
https://github.com/vast-data/vastpy

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OpenAPI Specification

vastdata-protectedpaths-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: VAST Management API definition
  title: VAST API Swagger Schema Protectedpaths API
  version: '1.0'
security:
- ApiToken: []
tags:


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