Pauses a running deployment task; the remaining time is captured via the timeLeft query parameter so the task can resume from the same point.
put /emsapi/osdeployer/tasks/{taskId}/pause
https://{serverurl}/emsapi/osdeployer/tasks/{taskId}/pause
Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
ID of the OS Deployment task
Remaining broadcast window in milliseconds at the moment of pause (e.g., 600000 = 10 minutes). Mandatory; the server stores this value and uses it when resuming the task.
curl --request PUT \
--url 'https://appdomains/emsapi/osdeployer/tasks/{taskId}/pause?timeLeft=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE' \
--header 'Accept: application/deploymentTaskPausedStatus.v1+json' \
--header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'True if the task was successfully paused.
Task paused with 300000 milliseconds (5 minutes) remaining
{
"isTaskPaused": true
}
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Duration: 1 minute | Threshold: 50 | Lock period: 5 minutes
Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.
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