# VAST Data protectedpaths API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-protectedpaths-api/  
**Provider:** VAST Data — https://apis.io/providers/vastdata/  
**Base URL:** https://{vms-host}/api  
**Documentation:** https://www.vastdata.com/platform/developers

VAST Data protectedpaths API is one of 126 APIs that [VAST Data](https://apis.io/providers/vastdata/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include protectedpaths. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and SDKs.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vastdata/refs/heads/main/openapi/vastdata-protectedpaths-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://support.vastdata.com/s/
- **SDK** — https://github.com/vast-data/vastpy

## Other VAST Data APIs (12)

- [VAST Data activedirectory API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-activedirectory-api/)
- [VAST Data alarms API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-alarms-api/)
- [VAST Data apitokens API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-apitokens-api/)
- [VAST Data basicsettings API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-basicsettings-api/)
- [VAST Data bgpconfigs API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-bgpconfigs-api/)
- [VAST Data Blob Expansions API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-blob-expansions-api/)
- [VAST Data Block Hosts API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-block-hosts-api/)
- [VAST Data blockhosts API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-blockhosts-api/)
- [VAST Data blockmappings API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-blockmappings-api/)
- [VAST Data callhomeconfigs API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-callhomeconfigs-api/)
- [VAST Data capacity API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-capacity-api/)
- [VAST Data carriers API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-carriers-api/)

## Tags

protectedpaths

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