When you pause a cache instance, data entries can no longer be ingested into
the cache. The existing data held in the cache is evicted when the time to live
(TTL) ends. Once paused, the cache can be unpaused by using the
storage.anywhereCaches.resume API.
Required permissions
The authenticated user must have the storage.anywhereCaches.pause IAM permission on the bucket to use this method.
Request
HTTP request
POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/bucket/anywhereCaches/anywhereCacheID/pause
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