// unmarshalling works from a client perspective, specifically
	// while unmarshalling time.Time type for 'Initiated' field.
	// time.Time does not honor xml marshaller, it means that we need
	// to encode/format it before giving it to xml marshaling.

	// This below check adds client side verification to see if its
	// truly parsable.

	// listMultipartUploadsResponse - format for list multipart uploads response.

	err = c.validateIDPSettings(ctx, sites)
	if err != nil {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, err
	}

	// For this `add` API, either all clusters must be empty or the local
	// cluster must be the only one having some buckets.
	if localHasBuckets && nonLocalPeerWithBuckets != "" {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, errSRInvalidRequest(errors.New("only one cluster may have data when configuring site replication"))
	}