CreateBackupSelection - Amazon Backup
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CreateBackupSelection

Creates a JSON document that specifies a set of resources to assign to a backup plan. For examples, see Assigning resources programmatically.

Request Syntax

PUT /backup/plans/backupPlanId/selections/ HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "BackupSelection": { "Conditions": { "StringEquals": [ { "ConditionKey": "string", "ConditionValue": "string" } ], "StringLike": [ { "ConditionKey": "string", "ConditionValue": "string" } ], "StringNotEquals": [ { "ConditionKey": "string", "ConditionValue": "string" } ], "StringNotLike": [ { "ConditionKey": "string", "ConditionValue": "string" } ] }, "IamRoleArn": "string", "ListOfTags": [ { "ConditionKey": "string", "ConditionType": "string", "ConditionValue": "string" } ], "NotResources": [ "string" ], "Resources": [ "string" ], "SelectionName": "string" }, "CreatorRequestId": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

backupPlanId

The ID of the backup plan.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

BackupSelection

The body of a request to assign a set of resources to a backup plan.

Type: BackupSelection object

Required: Yes

CreatorRequestId

A unique string that identifies the request and allows failed requests to be retried without the risk of running the operation twice. This parameter is optional.

If used, this parameter must contain 1 to 50 alphanumeric or '-_.' characters.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "BackupPlanId": "string", "CreationDate": number, "SelectionId": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

BackupPlanId

The ID of the backup plan.

Type: String

CreationDate

The date and time a backup selection is created, in Unix format and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The value of CreationDate is accurate to milliseconds. For example, the value 1516925490.087 represents Friday, January 26, 2018 12:11:30.087 AM.

Type: Timestamp

SelectionId

Uniquely identifies the body of a request to assign a set of resources to a backup plan.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AlreadyExistsException

The required resource already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterValueException

Indicates that something is wrong with a parameter's value. For example, the value is out of range.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

A limit in the request has been exceeded; for example, a maximum number of items allowed in a request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

MissingParameterValueException

Indicates that a required parameter is missing.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The request failed due to a temporary failure of the server.

HTTP Status Code: 500

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: