REST API tape assign
How to use the REST API to start tape assign tasks.
- Request URLs
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/ibmsa/v2/tapes/assign /ibmsa/v2/tape/assign
- Method
- POST
- Request data
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- tapes: <string>
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Specifies the tape ID (VOLSER) to assign, or multiple tape IDs that are separated by a space.
- pool: <string>
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Specifies the name of the tape pool to which the specified tapes are assigned.
- library: <string>
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Specifies the name of the tape library where the tapes are managed. In a single tape library configuration, this option can be omitted.
- force-format: <boolean>
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Forces a tape format even if the tape contains file objects.
- Response data
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- status: <string>
- If the task got created successfully, it will return accepted.
- task_id: <number>
- The ID of the task created, monitor its progress using REST API task information.
- Example
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- tape assign
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POST /v2/tapes/assign -d '{"tapes":"VTAP39L5", "pool":"test1_1"}' -b cookies.txt -H 'Content-Type:application/json'