DescribeBackupPolicy

Returns the backup policy for the specified EFS file system.

Request Syntax


GET /2015-02-01/file-systems/FileSystemId/backup-policy HTTP/1.1

The request uses the following URI parameters.

Specifies which EFS file system for which to retrieve the BackupPolicy.

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^(arn:aws[-a-z]*:elasticfilesystem:[0-9a-z-:]+:file-system/fs-[0-9a-f]{8,40}|fs-[0-9a-f]{8,40})$

Required: Yes

The request does not have a request body.


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "BackupPolicy": { 
      "Status": "string"
   }
}

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

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

Describes the file system's backup policy, indicating whether automatic backups are turned on or off.

Type: BackupPolicy object

BadRequest

Returned if the request is malformed or contains an error such as an invalid parameter value or a missing required parameter.

ErrorCode: The error code is a string that uniquely identifies an error condition. It is meant to be read and understood by programs that detect and handle errors by type.
Message: The error message contains a generic description of the error condition in English. It is intended for a human audience. Simple programs display the message directly to the end user if they encounter an error condition they don't know how or don't care to handle. Sophisticated programs with more exhaustive error handling and proper internationalization are more likely to ignore the error message.

HTTP Status Code: 400

FileSystemNotFound

Returned if the specified FileSystemId value doesn't exist in the requester's AWS account.

ErrorCode: The error code is a string that uniquely identifies an error condition. It is meant to be read and understood by programs that detect and handle errors by type.
Message: The error message contains a generic description of the error condition in English. It is intended for a human audience. Simple programs display the message directly to the end user if they encounter an error condition they don't know how or don't care to handle. Sophisticated programs with more exhaustive error handling and proper internationalization are more likely to ignore the error message.

HTTP Status Code: 404

InternalServerError

Returned if an error occurred on the server side.

ErrorCode: The error code is a string that uniquely identifies an error condition. It is meant to be read and understood by programs that detect and handle errors by type.
Message: The error message contains a generic description of the error condition in English. It is intended for a human audience. Simple programs display the message directly to the end user if they encounter an error condition they don't know how or don't care to handle. Sophisticated programs with more exhaustive error handling and proper internationalization are more likely to ignore the error message.

HTTP Status Code: 500

PolicyNotFound

Returned if no backup is specified for a One Zone EFS file system.

ErrorCode: The error code is a string that uniquely identifies an error condition. It is meant to be read and understood by programs that detect and handle errors by type.
Message: The error message contains a generic description of the error condition in English. It is intended for a human audience. Simple programs display the message directly to the end user if they encounter an error condition they don't know how or don't care to handle. Sophisticated programs with more exhaustive error handling and proper internationalization are more likely to ignore the error message.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ValidationException

Returned if the AWS Backup service is not available in the AWS Region in which the request was made.

ErrorCode: The error code is a string that uniquely identifies an error condition. It is meant to be read and understood by programs that detect and handle errors by type.
Message: The error message contains a generic description of the error condition in English. It is intended for a human audience. Simple programs display the message directly to the end user if they encounter an error condition they don't know how or don't care to handle. Sophisticated programs with more exhaustive error handling and proper internationalization are more likely to ignore the error message.

HTTP Status Code: 400