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DescribeTask - DataSync

DescribeTask

Provides information about a task, which defines where and how AWS DataSync transfers your data.

Request Syntax

{ "TaskArn": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

TaskArn

Specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the transfer task that you want information about.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-eusc|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):datasync:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:task/task-[0-9a-f]{17}$

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "CloudWatchLogGroupArn": "string", "CreationTime": number, "CurrentTaskExecutionArn": "string", "DestinationLocationArn": "string", "DestinationNetworkInterfaceArns": [ "string" ], "ErrorCode": "string", "ErrorDetail": "string", "Excludes": [ { "FilterType": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "Includes": [ { "FilterType": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "ManifestConfig": { "Action": "string", "Format": "string", "Source": { "S3": { "BucketAccessRoleArn": "string", "ManifestObjectPath": "string", "ManifestObjectVersionId": "string", "S3BucketArn": "string" } } }, "Name": "string", "Options": { "Atime": "string", "BytesPerSecond": number, "Gid": "string", "LogLevel": "string", "Mtime": "string", "ObjectTags": "string", "OverwriteMode": "string", "PosixPermissions": "string", "PreserveDeletedFiles": "string", "PreserveDevices": "string", "SecurityDescriptorCopyFlags": "string", "TaskQueueing": "string", "TransferMode": "string", "Uid": "string", "VerifyMode": "string" }, "Schedule": { "ScheduleExpression": "string", "Status": "string" }, "ScheduleDetails": { "DisabledBy": "string", "DisabledReason": "string", "StatusUpdateTime": number }, "SourceLocationArn": "string", "SourceNetworkInterfaceArns": [ "string" ], "Status": "string", "TaskArn": "string", "TaskMode": "string", "TaskReportConfig": { "Destination": { "S3": { "BucketAccessRoleArn": "string", "S3BucketArn": "string", "Subdirectory": "string" } }, "ObjectVersionIds": "string", "OutputType": "string", "Overrides": { "Deleted": { "ReportLevel": "string" }, "Skipped": { "ReportLevel": "string" }, "Transferred": { "ReportLevel": "string" }, "Verified": { "ReportLevel": "string" } }, "ReportLevel": "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.

CloudWatchLogGroupArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an Amazon CloudWatch log group for monitoring your task.

For more information, see Monitoring data transfers with CloudWatch Logs.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 562.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-eusc|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):logs:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:log-group:([^:\*]*)(:\*)?$

CreationTime

The time that the task was created.

Type: Timestamp

CurrentTaskExecutionArn

The ARN of the most recent task execution.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-eusc|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):datasync:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:task/task-[0-9a-f]{17}/execution/exec-[0-9a-f]{17}$