Run a policy Added in 7.4.0

PUT /_slm/policy/{policy_id}/_execute

Immediately create a snapshot according to the snapshot lifecycle policy without waiting for the scheduled time. The snapshot policy is normally applied according to its schedule, but you might want to manually run a policy before performing an upgrade or other maintenance.

Path parameters

  • policy_id string Required

    The id of the snapshot lifecycle policy to be executed

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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PUT /_slm/policy/{policy_id}/_execute 
curl \
 -X PUT http://api.example.com/_slm/policy/{policy_id}/_execute
Response examples (200) 
{
  "snapshot_name": "string"
}