diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApi.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApi.java
index f2935b701f700bd211ee231a26c7219055ed0bb9..c70e094f80c8a5976dd3ee2f1acf63c19c8d751a 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApi.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApi.java
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ import ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.asapi.v3.dto.vocabulary.update.UpdateVocabula
 import ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.asapi.v3.dto.vocabulary.update.VocabularyTermUpdate;
 import ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.server.asapi.v3.executor.OperationContext;
 import ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.server.asapi.v3.executor.operation.IExecuteOperationExecutor;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.common.spring.IInvocationLoggerContext;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.server.AbstractServer;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.server.business.IPropertiesBatchManager;
@@ -932,4 +933,20 @@ public class ApplicationServerApi extends AbstractServer<IApplicationServerApi>
     {
         return 2;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> createPermIdStrings(String sessionToken, int amount)
+    {
+        if (amount > 100)
+        {
+            throw new UserFailureException("Cannot create more than 100 ids in one call (" + amount + " requested)");
+        }
+
+        if (amount <= 0)
+        {
+            throw new UserFailureException("Invalid amount: " + amount);
+        }
+
+        return getDAOFactory().getPermIdDAO().createPermIds(amount);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApiLogger.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApiLogger.java
index 9e9c3077ebd7a85d941bbd71d4c7ec004fd16db5..786ec7628c51ccfffed763e28b075642509445f6 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApiLogger.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/asapi/v3/ApplicationServerApiLogger.java
@@ -678,4 +678,11 @@ public class ApplicationServerApiLogger extends AbstractServerLogger implements
         logAccess(sessionToken, "delete-external-dms", "EXTERNAL_DMS_IDS(%s) DELETION_OPTIONS(%s)", abbreviate(externalDmsIds), deletionOptions);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public List<String> createPermIdStrings(String sessionToken, int amount)
+    {
+        logAccess(sessionToken, "get-perm-id-strings", Integer.toString(amount));
+        return null;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/systemtest/asapi/v3/CreatePermIdTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/systemtest/asapi/v3/CreatePermIdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d581b93920374e272cb0c04be04610ef163720e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/systemtest/asapi/v3/CreatePermIdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package ch.ethz.sis.openbis.systemtest.asapi.v3;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
+
+public class CreatePermIdTest extends AbstractTest
+{
+
+    @Test
+    public void correctAmountOfUniqueIdsGenerated()
+    {
+        String session = v3api.login(TEST_USER, PASSWORD);
+        List<String> batch1 = v3api.createPermIdStrings(session, 3);
+        List<String> batch2 = v3api.createPermIdStrings(session, 5);
+
+        Set<String> both = new HashSet<>();
+        both.addAll(batch1);
+        both.addAll(batch2);
+
+        assertThat(batch1.size(), is(3));
+        assertThat(batch2.size(), is(5));
+        assertThat(both.size(), is(8));
+    }
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "InvalidAmounts")
+    public static Object[][] invalidAmounts()
+    {
+        return new Object[][] { { Integer.MIN_VALUE }, { -1000 }, { -1 }, { 0 }, { 1000 }, { Integer.MAX_VALUE } };
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "InvalidAmounts", expectedExceptions = UserFailureException.class)
+    public void cannotCreateTooManyOrNonPositive(int amount)
+    {
+        String session = v3api.login(TEST_USER, PASSWORD);
+        v3api.createPermIdStrings(session, amount);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/IApplicationServerApi.java b/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/IApplicationServerApi.java
index ddb176ef6a47cefc692f4be939aed2f7e3f99baf..7d5d060e15c843d45c377082f983835b20c3041f 100644
--- a/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/IApplicationServerApi.java
+++ b/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/IApplicationServerApi.java
@@ -332,4 +332,7 @@ public interface IApplicationServerApi extends IRpcService
             IOperationExecutionOptions options);
 
     public Map<String, String> getServerInformation(String sessionToken);
+
+    @TechPreview
+    public List<String> createPermIdStrings(String sessionToken, int amount);
 }
diff --git a/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/dataset/id/ContentCopyPermId.java b/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/dataset/id/ContentCopyPermId.java
index 265b849ada74857ae5946f559114cb842110b4c1..f54bc03d928c2f6db0d039802d0e42e06a6df2b4 100644
--- a/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/dataset/id/ContentCopyPermId.java
+++ b/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/dataset/id/ContentCopyPermId.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public class ContentCopyPermId extends ObjectPermId implements IContentCopyId
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     /**
-     * @param permId Data set perm id, e.g. "201108050937246-1031".
+     * @param permId Content copy perm id
      */
     public ContentCopyPermId(String permId)
     {