VAST Data

VAST Data Protection Policies API

A protection policy is a reusable configuration that defines a schedule for taking snapshots and optionally replicating them to a specified async replication peer or S3 replication peer.

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Operations 5

GET /protectionpolicies/ Return Protection Policies #
POST /protectionpolicies/ Create Protection Policy #
DELETE /protectionpolicies/{id}/ Delete Protection Policy #
GET /protectionpolicies/{id}/ Return Details of a Protection Policy #
PATCH /protectionpolicies/{id}/ Modify a Protection Policy #

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

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

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OpenAPI Specification

vastdata-protection-policies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: VAST Management API definition
  title: VAST API Swagger Schema Protectionpolicies API
  version: '1.0'
security:
- ApiToken: []
tags:
- description: A protection policy is a reusable configuration that defines a schedule for taking snapshots and optionally replicating them to a specified async replication peer or S3 replication peer.
  name: Protection Policies
paths:
  /protectionpolicies/:
    get:
      description: This endpoint lists protection policies.
      operationId: protectionpolicies_list
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Filter by name of replication peer
        in: query
        name: target__name
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Filter by protection policy name
        in: query
        name: name
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtectionPolicy'
                title: Protection Policies
                type: array
          description: protection policy information
      summary: Return Protection Policies
      tags:
      - Protection Policies
    post:
      description: This endpoint creates a protection policy.
      operationId: protectionpolicies_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              properties:
                big_catalog:
                  description: Indicates if Protection Policy will be used for VAST Catalog. There may only be 1 such policy.
                  type: boolean
                clone_type:
                  description: Specify the type of data protection. CLOUD_REPLICATION is S3 backup. LOCAL means local snapshots without replication.
                  enum:
                  - LOCAL
                  - NATIVE_REPLICATION
                  - CLOUD_REPLICATION
                  type: string
                  x-cli-header: Clone Type
                frames:
                  description: Defines the schedule for snapshot creation and the local and remote retention policies.
                  example: every 90m start-at 2025-07-27 20:10:35 keep-local 10h keep-remote 30d
                  items:
                    type: object
                  type: array
                  x-cli-header: Schedule
                guid:
                  description: Do not specify this parameter.
                  type: string
                id:
                  description: Do not specify this parameter.
                  type: integer
                  x-cli-header: ID
                indestructible:
                  description: 'Set to true to protect the protection policy from accidental or malicious deletion with the indestructibility feature. If this setting is enabled, authorized unlocking of the cluster''s indestructibility mechanism is required to do any of the following: modifying the policy, deleting the policy or disabling this setting.'
                  type: boolean
                name:
                  type: string
                  x-cli-header: Name
                prefix:
                  description: The prefix for names of snapshots created by the policy
                  type: string
                remote_tenant_guid:
                  description: remote tenant guid
                  type: string
                target_object_id:
                  description: ID of the remote peer. Specify ID of a ReplicationTarget (aka S3 replication peer) if clone_type is CLOUD_REPLICATION. Specify the ID of a NativeReplicationRemoteTarget if clone_type is NATIVE_REPLICATION.
                  type: integer
                tenant_id:
                  description: Tenant ID
                  type: integer
              required:
              - name
              - prefix
              - frames
              - clone_type
              type: object
        x-originalParamName: protectionPolicyCreateParams
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtectionPolicy'
          description: ''
      summary: Create Protection Policy
      tags:
      - Protection Policies
  /protectionpolicies/{id}/:
    delete:
      description: This endpoint deletes a protection policy.
      operationId: protectionpolicies_delete
      parameters:
      - description: Protection Policy ID
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted
      summary: Delete Protection Policy
      tags:
      - Protection Policies
    get:
      description: This endpoint returns details of a specified protection policy.
      operationId: protectionpolicies_read
      parameters:
      - description: Protection Policy ID
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtectionPolicy'
          description: ''
      summary: Return Details of a Protection Policy
      tags:
      - Protection Policies
    patch:
      description: This endpoint modifies a protection policy.
      operationId: protectionpolicies_partial_update
      parameters:
      - description: Protection Policy ID
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              properties:
                big_catalog:
                  description: Indicates if Protection Policy will be used for VAST Catalog. There may only be 1 such policy.
                  type: boolean
                clone_type:
                  description: Specify the type of data protection. CLOUD_REPLICATION is S3 backup. LOCAL means local snapshots without replication.
                  enum:
                  - LOCAL
                  - NATIVE_REPLICATION
                  - CLOUD_REPLICATION
                  type: string
                  x-cli-header: Clone Type
                frames:
                  description: Defines the schedule for snapshot creation and the local and remote retention policies.
                  example: every 90m start-at 2025-07-27 20:10:35 keep-local 10h keep-remote 30d
                  items:
                    type: object
                  type: array
                  x-cli-header: Schedules
                guid:
                  description: Do not specify this parameter.
                  type: string
                id:
                  description: Do not specify this parameter.
                  type: integer
                  x-cli-header: ID
                indestructible:
                  description: 'Set to true to protect the protection policy from accidental or malicious deletion with the indestructibility feature. If this setting is enabled, authorized unlocking of the cluster''s indestructibility mechanism is required to do any of the following: modifying the policy, deleting the policy or disabling this setting.'
                  type: boolean
                name:
                  description: Name
                  type: string
                  x-cli-header: Name
                prefix:
                  description: The prefix for names of snapshots created by the policy
                  type: string
                target_object_id:
                  description: ID of the remote peer. Specify ID of a ReplicationTarget (aka S3 replication peer) if clone_type is CLOUD_REPLICATION. Specify the ID of a NativeReplicationRemoteTarget if clone_type is NATIVE_REPLICATION.
                  type: integer
              type: object
        x-originalParamName: protectionPolicyModifyParams
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      summary: Modify a Protection Policy
      tags:
      - Protection Policies
components:
  schemas:
    RemoteTenant:
      properties:
        guid:
          description: Remote Tenant guid
          type: string
        name:
          description: Remote Tenant name
          type: string
      type: object
    PartialTenantInfo:
      properties:
        id:
          description: Tenant ID
          type: integer
        name:
          description: Tenant Name
          type: string
      type: object
    ProtectionPolicy:
      properties:
        clone_type:
          description: Specify the type of data protection. CLOUD_REPLICATION is S3 backup. LOCAL means local snapshots without replication.
          enum:
          - LOCAL
          - NATIVE_REPLICATION
          - CLOUD_REPLICATION
          type: string
          x-cli-header: Clone Type
        created:
          type: string
        frames:
          description: Defines the schedule for snapshot creation and the local and remote retention policies.
          example: every 90m start-at 2025-07-27 20:10:35 keep-local 10h keep-remote 30d
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Frame'
          type: array
          x-cli-header: Schedule
        guid:
          description: unique identifier
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          x-cli-header: ID
        indestructible:
          description: 'Protected from accidental or malicious deletion by the indestructibility mechanism. Authorized unlocking of the cluster''s indestructibility mechanism is required to do any of the following: deleting the protection policy, modifying the protection policy, or disabling this setting.'
          type: boolean
        internal:
          type: boolean
        is_local:
          type: boolean
        is_on_schedule:
          type: boolean
        name:
          type: string
          x-cli-header: Name
        native_replication_remote_target:
          type: string
        prefix:
          description: The prefix of the snapshot that will be created
          type: string
          x-cli-header: Snapshot Prefix
        pretty_schedules:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        remote_tenant:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemoteTenant'
        replication_target:
          type: string
        schedule_miss:
          type: integer
        state:
          description: State of Protection Policy
          enum:
          - DELETE_PENDING
          - working
          - delete_pending
          type: string
        sync_interval:
          description: A sync point is a common restore point for all group members. This value guarantees such a sync point exists in this duration. In other words, this is the maximal sync duration gap between other members.
          type: integer
        target_guid:
          type: string
        target_name:
          description: Target Name
          type: string
          x-cli-header: Replication Peer
        target_object_id:
          description: target object id
          type: integer
        tenant:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialTenantInfo'
        tenant_id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
          x-cli-header: Name
        url:
          type: string
      required:
      - name
      - prefix
      - frames
      - clone_type
      type: object
    Frame:
      properties:
        every:
          example: 30m
          type: string
        keep-local:
          example: 30m
          type: string
        keep-remote:
          example: 30m
          type: string
        start-at:
          example: '2021-02-03 01:02:03'
          type: string
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiToken:
      description: Send current valid API token in an Authorization header with format Api-Token <token>.
      in: header
      name: ApiToken
      type: apiKey
    basicAuth:
      description: Basic authentication using VMS user name and password
      scheme: basic
      type: http