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Import All LTFS Foreign Tapes

Description

Imports all non-BlackPearl LTFS foreign tapes. See Import All BlackPearl Foreign Tapes to import BlackPearl foreign tapes.

Notes:

§	No matter the specifics of the data policy associated with the bucket to which the tape is imported, the BlackPearl system does not make additional copies of the objects on the tape.

§	Imported LTFS foreign tapes are made available for GET operations only after they are imported.

Requests

Syntax

PUT http[s]://{datapathDNSname}/_rest_/tape?operation=IMPORT

&bucket_id={string}[&storage_domain_id={string}]​

​[&task_priority=URGENT|HIGH|NORMAL|LOW]

Request Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
operation	The operation to perform. For this request, the operation is import. Value: IMPORT	yes
bucket_id	The UUID for the bucket to which to assign the tape. Note: The bucket must have a data policy including a persistence rule for a tape storage domain.	yes
storage_domain_id	The UUID for the storage domain into which to import the tape if the data policy associated with the bucket has persistence rules for more than one tape storage domain.	no
task_priority	The priority for processing this task. The task_priority determines the resources assigned and the processing order. Values: URGENT, HIGH, NORMAL, LOW (default)	no

Responses

Response Elements

The operation returns status only. Notable status codes:

§	204: No Content (success)

§	207: Multi-Status (with list of errors)

Example

Sample Request

This request imports all non-BlackPearl LTFS tapes into the bucket named “AdminBucket”.

PUT http://blackpearl-hostname/_rest_/tape?operation=IMPORT&bucket_id=AdminBucket HTTP/1.1

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content