Data retrieval APIs for AWS DataSync
AWS DataSync provides the following APIs for data retrieval.
| Actions | Description | Access level |
|---|---|---|
| DescribeAgent | View metadata such as name, network interfaces, and the status (that is, whether the agent is running or not) about a sync agent | Read |
| DescribeDiscoveryJob | Describe metadata about a discovery job | Read |
| DescribeLocationAzureBlob | View metadata, such as the path information about an Azure Blob Storage sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationEfs | View metadata, such as the path information about an Amazon EFS sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationFsxLustre | View metadata, such as the path information about an Amazon FSx Lustre sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationFsxOntap | View metadata, such as the path information about an Amazon FSx for ONTAP sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationFsxOpenZfs | View metadata, such as the path information about an Amazon FSx OpenZFS sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationFsxWindows | View metadata, such as the path information about an Amazon FSx Windows sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationHdfs | View metadata, such as the path information about an Amazon HDFS sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationNfs | View metadata, such as the path information, about a NFS sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationObjectStorage | View metadata about a self-managed object storage server location | Read |
| DescribeLocationS3 | View metadata, such as bucket name, about an Amazon S3 bucket sync location | Read |
| DescribeLocationSmb | View metadata, such as the path information, about an SMB sync location | Read |
| DescribeStorageSystem | View metadata about a storage system | Read |
| DescribeStorageSystemResourceMetrics | Describe resource metrics collected by a discovery job | List |
| DescribeStorageSystemResources | Describe resources identified by a discovery job | List |
| DescribeTask | View metadata about a sync task | Read |
| DescribeTaskExecution | View metadata about a sync task that is being executed | Read |
| ListAgents | List agents owned by an AWS account in a region specified in the request | List |
| ListDiscoveryJobs | List discovery jobs | List |
| ListLocations | List source and destination sync locations | List |
| ListStorageSystems | List storage systems | List |
| ListTagsForResource | List tags that have been added to the specified resource | Read |
| ListTaskExecutions | List executed sync tasks | List |
| ListTasks | List of all the sync tasks | List |
