Create a data migration policy

NAS File Storage REST API Reference

Version

15.6.x

File Size

1291 KB

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-92HNAS100-07

ft:lastEdition

2026-04-07

post /v9/storage/data-migration/policies

Create a data migration policy.

Note: Accepted parameter values may be restricted based on the virtual server access granted by the API key used for authentication.

Authentication: x_subsystem_user Api Key "X-Subsystem-User"

Authentication: x_subsystem_password Api Key "X-Subsystem-Password"

Authentication: api_key Api Key "X-Api-Key"

Authentication: basicAuth HTTP - basic scheme

CLIENT REQUEST

          curl -X 'POST'

         -H "X-Subsystem-User: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Subsystem-Password: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Api-Key: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "Authorization: Basic [[basicHash]]"
         \
      
        -H
        'Accept: application/json'
      
        -H
        'Content-Type: application/json'
      
      'https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies'
    
      -d
      ''

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("172.27.146.40:8444")

payload = "{\"dataMigrationDestinationId\":\"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56\",\"name\":\"Name2\",\"rules\":[{\"rule\":\"Rule1\",\"threshold\":70}],\"sourceFilesystemId\":\"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000\"}"

headers = {
    'Authorization': "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
    'content-type': "application/json"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/v9/storage/data-migration/policies", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"dataMigrationDestinationId\":\"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56\",\"name\":\"Name2\",\"rules\":[{\"rule\":\"Rule1\",\"threshold\":70}],\"sourceFilesystemId\":\"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000\"}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

const data = JSON.stringify({
  "dataMigrationDestinationId": "32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56",
  "name": "Name2",
  "rules": [
    {
      "rule": "Rule1",
      "threshold": 70
    }
  ],
  "sourceFilesystemId": "7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000"
});

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open("POST", "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .body("{\"dataMigrationDestinationId\":\"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56\",\"name\":\"Name2\",\"rules\":[{\"rule\":\"Rule1\",\"threshold\":70}],\"sourceFilesystemId\":\"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000\"}")
  .asString();

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
  "content-type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "dataMigrationDestinationId": "32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56",
  "name": "Name2",
  "rules": [
    [
      "rule": "Rule1",
      "threshold": 70
    ]
  ],
  "sourceFilesystemId": "7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "8444",
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"dataMigrationDestinationId\":\"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56\",\"name\":\"Name2\",\"rules\":[{\"rule\":\"Rule1\",\"threshold\":70}],\"sourceFilesystemId\":\"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000\"}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "content-type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"dataMigrationDestinationId\":\"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56\",\"name\":\"Name2\",\"rules\":[{\"rule\":\"Rule1\",\"threshold\":70}],\"sourceFilesystemId\":\"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000\"}");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

var client = new RestClient("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/data-migration/policies");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"dataMigrationDestinationId\":\"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56\",\"name\":\"Name2\",\"rules\":[{\"rule\":\"Rule1\",\"threshold\":70}],\"sourceFilesystemId\":\"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Body parameters

required

application/json

dataMigrationDestinationIdstring

Either the ID of the data migration destination or the object ID of the data migration destination

Example:"32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56"

namestring

Name to associate with the item

Example:"Name2"

rulesarray

Rules and corresponding threshold values that trigger the rules

[

rulestring

Rule name or ID of the rule

Example:"Rule1"

thresholdintegerint32

Specifies when the rule is applied

Example:70

]

sourceFilesystemIdstring

File system ID of the source file system

Example:"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000"

REQUEST
{
  "dataMigrationDestinationId": "32383732643333382d353564332d313164392d393030332d3062656637383762323633383a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56",
  "name": "Name2",
  "rules": [
    {
      "rule": "Rule1",
      "threshold": 70
    }
  ],
  "sourceFilesystemId": "7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000"
}

Responses

Created - a new object has been created

Body

application/json

dataMigrationPolicyobject

Data migration policy

accountIdstring

ID of the account

Example:"bc526470-c2c9-11d4-9000-040402000106"

destinationIdstring

ID of the destination

Example:"bc526470-c2c9-11d4-9000-040402000106"

destinationNamestring

Data migration destination name

Example:"Destination1"

namestring

Name of the data migration policy

Example:"Policy1"

objectIdstring

Unique ID of the object

Example:"333a3a3a3a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56"

policyIdstring

ID of the policy

Example:"296f15f2-af39-11d9-98a9-0bef787b2638"

rulesarray

Rules and corresponding threshold values that trigger the rules

[

namestring

Name of the data migration policy rule

Example:"Rule1"

objectIdstring

Unique ID of the object

Example:"333a3a3a3a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56"

ruleIdstring

ID of the rule

Example:"20020ecc-623e-11d9-9003-0bef787b2638"

thresholdintegerint32

Specifies when the rule is applied

Example:70

]

sourceFilesystemIdstring

File system ID of the source file system

Example:"7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000"

sourceFilesystemLabelstring

Label of the source file system

Example:"Filesystem2"

virtualServerIdintegerint32

ID of the virtual server. 0 = management virtual server 255 = not assigned to virtual server

Example:1

uristring

URI of the newly created or updated object

RESPONSE
{
  "dataMigrationPolicy": {
    "accountId": "bc526470-c2c9-11d4-9000-040402000106",
    "destinationId": "bc526470-c2c9-11d4-9000-040402000106",
    "destinationName": "Destination1",
    "name": "Policy1",
    "objectId": "333a3a3a3a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56",
    "policyId": "296f15f2-af39-11d9-98a9-0bef787b2638",
    "rules": [
      {
        "name": "Rule1",
        "objectId": "333a3a3a3a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56",
        "ruleId": "20020ecc-623e-11d9-9003-0bef787b2638",
        "threshold": 70
      }
    ],
    "sourceFilesystemId": "7B263DFFFD71E65A0000000000000000",
    "sourceFilesystemLabel": "Filesystem2",
    "virtualServerId": 1
  },
  "uri": "example"
}

Bad Request

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

Example:1081353

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:

"Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 1081353,
  "errorMsg": "Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"
}

Unauthorized - the request was rejected because the credentials or API key were either missing or invalid

Forbidden - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation

Body

application/json

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorMsg": "Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"
}

Internal Server Error

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

errorDetailobject

Detailed error information

detailstring

More details on why the error occurred

faultstring

fileNamestring

Source file where the error occurred

Example:"RestApiFilesystems.cpp"

functionstring

Internal function name where the error occurred

Example:"mountFilesystem"

lineNumberintegerint32

Line number within the source file, where the error occurred

messagestring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

reasonstring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

returnedValueintegerint32

Not used

subCodeintegerint32

Specific failure error code

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Failed to mount file system"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorDetail": {
    "detail": "",
    "fault": "",
    "fileName": "RestApiFilesystems.cpp",
    "function": "mountFilesystem",
    "lineNumber": 0,
    "message": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "reason": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "returnedValue": 0,
    "subCode": 0
  },
  "errorMsg": "Failed to mount file system"
}