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Elastic Compute Service:ModifySnapshotAttribute

Last Updated:Nov 14, 2024

Modifies the name, description, or retention period of a snapshot.

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • The required resource types are displayed in bold characters.
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
ecs:ModifySnapshotAttributeupdate
*Snapshot
acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:snapshot/{#snapshotId}
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
SnapshotIdstringYes

The ID of the snapshot.

s-bp199lyny9bb47pa****
SnapshotNamestringNo

The name of the snapshot. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://. It can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

The name cannot start with auto because snapshots whose names start with auto are recognized as automatic snapshots.

testSnapshotName
DescriptionstringNo

The description of the snapshot. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.

testDescription
DisableInstantAccessbooleanNo

Specifies whether to disable the instant access feature. Valid values:

  • true
  • false

Default value: false.

Note This parameter is no longer used. By default, new standard snapshots of Enterprise SSDs (ESSDs) are upgraded to instant access snapshots free of charge without the need for additional configurations. For more information, see Use the instant access feature.
false
RetentionDaysintegerNo

The retention period of the snapshot. After you specify this parameter, the end time of the new retention period is the specified number of days apart from the creation time of the snapshot, which follows the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format and is displayed in UTC. Valid values: 1 to 65536.

Note You can extend the retention period of the snapshot and cannot shorten the retention period.
10

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
RequestIdstring

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E"
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
400InvalidSnapshotName.MalformedThe specified SnapshotName is wrongly formed.The format of the specified snapshot name is invalid.
400NoAttributeToModifyNo attribute to be modified in this request.No attributes are modified.
400InvalidRetentionDays.MalformedThe specified RetentionDays is not valid.The specified RetentionDays parameter is invalid.
400InvalidOperation.DecreaseRetentionDaysUnsupportedThe requested operation to decrease retention days for the snapshot is not supported.-
400InvalidSnapshotId.NotReadyThe specified snapshot has not completed yet.The specified snapshot is being created.
403InvalidOperation.ResourceManagedByCloudProduct%sYou cannot modify security groups managed by cloud services.
404InvalidDescription.MalformedThe specified description is wrongly formed.The resource description is invalid. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.
404InvalidSnapshotId.NotFoundThe specified SnapshotId does not exist.The specified snapshot ID does not exist.
404InvalidSnapshotDisableInstantAccess.MalformedThe specified DisableInstantAccess is not valid!-

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change timeSummary of changesOperation
2024-11-08The Error code has changedView Change Details
2024-10-17The Error code has changedView Change Details
2023-10-16The Error code has changedView Change Details
2023-09-18The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changedView Change Details