Required. The name of the Managed Lustre instance in the format projects/{project}/locations/{location}/instances/{instance}.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"requestId": string,"serviceAccount": string,// Union field source can be only one of the following:"lustrePath": {object (LustrePath)}// End of list of possible types for union field source.// Union field destination can be only one of the following:"gcsPath": {object (GcsPath)}// End of list of possible types for union field destination.}
Fields
requestId
string
Optional. UUID to identify requests.
serviceAccount
string
Optional. User-specified service account used to perform the transfer. If unspecified, the Managed Lustre service agent is used.
Union field source. The source of the data transfer. source can be only one of the following:
The URI to a Cloud Storage bucket, or a path within a bucket, using the format gs://<bucket_name>/<optional_path_inside_bucket>/. If a path inside the bucket is specified, it must end with a forward slash (/).
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation.
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