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Barracuda Intronis Backup
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Validate Path

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This section includes the following topics:

  • Input Parameters
  • Output Parameters

Input Parameters

The following table provides the parameters and descriptions.

Parameter

Description

diskLocation

path

String disk path location.

diskLocation

credentials

Optional, in case the path is a network share that requires auth.

userName - optional parameter to use for shares requiring auth.

password - optional parameter to use for shares requiring auth.

Example

Example for credential based auth on a remote host below. If a local folder is used, the credentials section is not required.

{

 

"diskLocation": {

 

   "path": "\\\\server1\\share1\\folder1",

 

    "credentials": {

 

      "userName": "user1",

 

      "password": "passwordtext"

     }

 

  }

}

Output Parameters

None when successful, validation errors otherwise:

CreateFolderFailed: general error. Most likely a local volume is read only or cannot be written to due to permissions on the local file system

Network shares only:

  • BackupSetActions_NetworkShareInaccessible - network share address could not be reached
  • BackupSetActions_NetworkPathNotFound - the network path could not be found
  • BackupSetActions_NetworkShareInvalidAuth - username + password combination failed authentication
  • BackupSetActions_NetworkShareNoWritePermissions - username and password ok, but no write permissions for the provided username on that share.

Example POST

POST /v2/accounts/test_acc/computers/0000/restore/diskimage/standard/vm/validate/path

Input Parameters

 

{

   "diskLocation": {

     "path": "\\\\server1\\share1\\folder1",

     "credentials": {

        "userName": "user1",

        "password": "passwordtext"

    }

  }

}

Output Parameters

Response status: 204 No content (for online operation).