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    Cloud Backup:CreateVault

    Last Updated:Dec 17, 2025

    Creates a backup vault.

    Operation description

    • Each Alibaba Cloud account can create a maximum of 100 backup vaults.

    • After a backup vault is created, its status is INITIALIZING and an initialization task starts automatically. After the task is complete, the status of the backup vault changes to CREATED. The vault can then be used for backup jobs.

      Important

      Before using this operation, make sure you understand the billing methods and pricing of Cloud Backup.

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    RAM authorization

    The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

    • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

    • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

    • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

    • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

      • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

      • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

    • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

    Action

    Access level

    Resource type

    Condition key

    Dependent action

    hbr:CreateVault

    create

    *All Resource

    *

    None

    None

    Request parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Required

    Description

    Example

    VaultRegionId

    string

    Yes

    The ID of the region where the backup vault resides.

    cn-shanghai

    VaultName

    string

    Yes

    The name of the backup vault. The name must be 1 to 64 characters in length.

    backupvaultname

    Description

    string

    No

    The description of the backup vault. The description must be 0 to 255 characters in length.

    description

    VaultType

    string

    No

    The type of the backup vault. Valid values:

    • STANDARD: standard backup vault.

    • OTS_BACKUP: OTS backup vault.

    Valid values:

    • OTS_BACKUP :

      OTS backup vault

    • STANDARD :

      Standard backup vault

    STANDARD

    VaultStorageClass

    string

    No

    The storage class of the backup vault.

    • STANDARD: Standard.

    • ARCHIVE: This value is deprecated.

    • COLD_ARCHIVE: This value is deprecated.

    • IA: This value is deprecated.

    STANDARD

    WormEnabled

    boolean

    No

    Specifies whether to enable backup locking.

    false

    EncryptType

    string

    No

    The encryption type of the source data. This parameter is valid only if VaultType is set to STANDARD or OTS_BACKUP. Valid values:

    • HBR_PRIVATE: Cloud Backup fully manages the encryption and uses its own encryption method.

    • KMS: Use a custom key from Alibaba Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) to encrypt the data.

    Valid values:

    • KMS :

      Use a custom key from Alibaba Cloud KMS to encrypt the data

    • HBR_PRIVATE :

      Cloud Backup fully manages the encryption and uses its own encryption method

    KMS

    KmsKeyId

    string

    No

    The ID of the KMS key or the alias of the KMS key. This parameter is required only if EncryptType is set to KMS.

    alias/yzs-hhht

    Response elements

    Element

    Type

    Description

    Example

    object

    RequestId

    string

    The request ID.

    473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

    VaultId

    string

    The backup vault ID.

    v-*********************

    Success

    boolean

    Indicates whether the request was successful.

    • true: The request was successful.

    • false: The request failed.

    true

    Code

    string

    The return code. A value of 200 indicates that the request was successful.

    200

    Message

    string

    The message that is returned. If the request was successful, successful is returned. If the request failed, an error message is returned.

    successful

    TaskId

    string

    The ID of the backup vault initialization task. Use the DescribeTask operation to query the task status.

    t-*********************

    Examples

    Success response

    JSON format

    {
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "VaultId": "v-*********************",
  "Success": true,
  "Code": "200",
  "Message": "successful",
  "TaskId": "t-*********************"
}

    Error codes

    See Error Codes for a complete list.

    Release notes

    See Release Notes for a complete list.