APIs in Category: consistency
 API version 1.8

 
cg-commit
cg-delete
cg-start

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cg-commit [top]

Commits the snapshots that were started during the preceeding cg-start call that returned the cg-id key, and unfences the volumes that were fenced.
Input Name Range Type Description
cg-id integer
Key to identify the ongoing cg operation.
 Errno  Description
 EONTAPI_EINVAL
 ECGOFF
 ECGSNAPERR
 ECGERROR
 EONTAPI_ETIMEDOUT
 Vfiler-enabled
 Yes

 
cg-delete [top]
Deletes the snaps assiciated with a CG checkpoint in this filer.
Input Name Range Type Description
snapshot string
The name of the snapshot that is deleted in each volume.
volumes volume-name[]
A list of volumes in this filer that is part of this CG operation.
 Errno  Description
 ECGOFF
 EONTAPI_EINVAL
 ECGSNAPERR
 ECGERROR

 
cg-start [top]
Starts the checkpoint cycle for externally synchronized checkpoints in the filer. This operation fences the specified volumes and returns "success" (if successful). If the API returns "success", the call starts a snap create operation in these volumes. If the API returns "success", this operation SHOULD be followed by a call to cg-commit (below).
Input Name Range Type Description
snapshot string
The provided name of the snapshot that is created in each volume. This name is the unique identifier by which the calling agent identifies the snapshots that constitute a checkpoint. The maximum length is 255 characters. (= MAXNAMLEN)
timeout string
optional
Timeout selector. Possible vaules are "urgent", "medium" or "relaxed". If no value is specified, the default value is "medium".
volumes volume-name[]
A list of volumes in this filer that is part of this CG operation.
 
Output Name Range Type Description
cg-id integer
Identifier of the started cg-start operation. This identifier is used in the succeeding cg-commit call to identify the operation to be commited.
 Errno  Description
 EONTAPI_EINVAL
 EONTAPI_EAGAIN
 ECGERROR
 EONTAPI_ETIMEDOUT
 Vfiler-enabled
 Yes

 
Element definition: volume-name [top]
The name of a volume. The maximum string length is 256 characters.
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