# UpdateRecoveryPlan
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Updates a Recovery Plan's name or description.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /UpdateRecoveryPlan HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "description": "{{string}}",
   "name": "{{string}}",
   "recoveryPlanArn": "{{string}}"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [description](#API_UpdateRecoveryPlan_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="drs-UpdateRecoveryPlan-request-description"></a>
The new description of the Recovery Plan.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: No

 ** [name](#API_UpdateRecoveryPlan_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="drs-UpdateRecoveryPlan-request-name"></a>
The new name of the Recovery Plan.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9 _-]*`   
Required: No

 ** [recoveryPlanArn](#API_UpdateRecoveryPlan_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="drs-UpdateRecoveryPlan-request-recoveryPlanArn"></a>
The ARN of the Recovery Plan to update.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `arn:aws(-[a-z0-9]+)*:drs:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:[a-zA-Z0-9_/.-]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "recoveryPlan": { 
      "createdAt": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "recoveryPlanArn": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "tags": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "updatedAt": "string"
   }
}
```

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

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

 ** [recoveryPlan](#API_UpdateRecoveryPlan_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="drs-UpdateRecoveryPlan-response-recoveryPlan"></a>
The updated Recovery Plan.  
Type: [RecoveryPlan](API_RecoveryPlan.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the target resource.    
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds after which the request should be safe to retry.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource for this operation was not found.    
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.    
 ** quotaCode **   
Quota code.  
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds after which the request should be safe to retry.  
 ** serviceCode **   
Service code.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UninitializedAccountException **   
The account performing the request has not been initialized.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by the AWS service.    
 ** fieldList **   
A list of fields that failed validation.  
 ** reason **   
Validation exception reason.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/drs-2020-02-26/UpdateRecoveryPlan)