-- :api: slm-start-slm :request: StartSLMRequest :response: AcknowledgedResponse -- [role="xpack"] [id="{upid}-{api}"] === Start Snapshot Lifecycle Management API [id="{upid}-{api}-request"] ==== Request The Start Snapshot Lifecycle Management API allows you to start Snapshot Lifecycle Management if it has previously been stopped. ["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"] -------------------------------------------------- include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request] -------------------------------------------------- [id="{upid}-{api}-response"] ==== Response The returned +{response}+ indicates if the request to start Snapshot Lifecycle Management was received. ["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"] -------------------------------------------------- include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response] -------------------------------------------------- <1> Whether or not the request to start Snapshot Lifecycle Management was acknowledged. include::../execution.asciidoc[]