You can call this operation to modify the properties of one or more Elastic Block Storage (EBS) devices, including their names, descriptions, and whether they are released along with their associated instances.

Description

  • If you set DeleteWithInstance to false for a disk and the instance to which the disk is attached is locked for security reasons, the DeleteWithInstance parameter is ignored and the disk will be released along with the instance. If the value of LockReason is security in OperationLocks of the API response when you query information of an instance, the instance is locked for security reasons.
  • You can use the DiskIds.N parameter to modify the properties of multiple EBS devices at a time, including their names, descriptions, and whether they are released along with their associated instances.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifyDiskAttribute

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifyDiskAttribute.
RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The region ID of the disk. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

DiskId String No d-bp1famypsnar20bv****

The ID of the disk.

Note You can specify DiskId or DiskIds.N, but you cannot specify both of them.
DiskIds.N RepeatList No d-bp1famypsnar20bv****

The ID of disk N. Valid values of N: 0 to 100.

Note You can specify DiskId or DiskIds.N, but you cannot specify both of them.
DiskName String No MyDiskName

The name of the disk. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://. It can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

Description String No TestDescription

The description of the disk. It must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.

DeleteWithInstance Boolean No false

Specifies whether to release the disk along with its associated instance. This parameter is empty by default, which indicates that the current value remains unchanged.

An error is returned if you set this parameter to false in the following cases:

  • Category is set to ephemeral.
  • Category is set to cloud and Portable is set to false.
DeleteAutoSnapshot Boolean No false

Specifies whether to delete the automatic snapshots of the disk when the disk is released. This parameter is empty by default, which indicates that the current value remains unchanged.

EnableAutoSnapshot Boolean No true

Specifies whether to enable the automatic snapshot policy feature for the disk.

  • true: enables the automatic snapshot policy feature for the disk.
  • false: disables the automatic snapshot policy feature for the disk.

This parameter is empty by default, which indicates that the current value remains unchanged.

Note By default, the automatic snapshot policy feature is enabled for created disks. You need only to apply an automatic snapshot policy to a disk before you can use the policy.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ModifyDiskAttribute
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&DiskId=d-bp1famypsnar20bv****
&DiskName=MyDiskName
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ModifyDiskAttributeResponse>
      <RequestId>473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E</RequestId>
</ModifyDiskAttributeResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
404 InvalidDiskId.NotFound The specified disk does not exist. The error message returned because the specified disk does not exist. Check whether the disk ID is correct.
400 InvalidDiskName.Malformed The specified disk name is wrongly formed. The error message returned because the specified DiskName parameter is invalid. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, colons (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://.
404 InvalidDescription.Malformed The specified description is wrongly formed. The error message returned because the specified Description parameter is invalid. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.
400 NoAttributeToModify No attribute to be modified in this request. The error message returned because no properties of the specified EBS device are modified.
403 QuotaExceed.Snapshot The snapshot quota exceeds. The error message returned because the maximum number of snapshots has been reached. To store new snapshots, delete the snapshots that are no longer needed.
403 DiskNotPortable The specified disk is not a portable disk. The error message returned because the specified disk is not removable.
403 IncorrectDiskStatus The operation is not supported in this status. The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the disk is in the current state. Make sure that the disk is available and you have no overdue payments for it.
400 IncompleteParamter Some fields can not be null in this request. The error message returned because a required parameter is not specified.
403 UserNotInTheWhiteList The user is not in disk white list. The error message returned because you are not authorized to manage the disk. Try again when you are authorized.
400 InvalidRegionId.MalFormed The specified RegionId is not valid The error message returned because the specified RegionId parameter is invalid.
404 InvalidInstanceId.NotFound Specified attached instance does not exist. The error message returned because the specified instance does not exist. Check whether instance ID is correct.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.