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/backups/{ID}

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    Represents a backup having the specified ID. The backup is created on or imported to the Veeam backup server connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

    Resource URL

    The URL of the reference resource representation:

    http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/api/backups/{ID}

    The URL of the entity resource representation:

    http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/api/backups/{ID}?format=Entity

    Related Resources

    Methods

    The following methods are supported for the /backups/{ID} resource:

    (GET) /backups/{ID}

    Resource Representation

    The /backups/{ID} resource has a resource representation of the following types.

    Entity reference resource representation:

    <EntityRef xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="BackupReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744" Name="Oracle Backup" UID="urn:veeam:Backup:d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744">
     <Links>
       <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/ce15a8c7-aa49-495e-b05b-ee3398c91018" Name="srv02.veeam.local" />
       <Link Rel="Up" Type="RepositoryReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/cbd9a4b6-b9ed-4cd6-a091-75b6481c9d55" Name="Default Backup Repository" />
       <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="Backup" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744?format=Entity" Name="Oracle Backup" />
       <Link Rel="Down" Type="RestorePointReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744/restorePoints" />
     </Links>
    </EntityRef>

    Entity resource representation:

    <Backup xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="Backup" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744?format=Entity" Name="Oracle Backup" UID="urn:veeam:Backup:d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744">
     <Links>
       <Link Rel="Up" Type="RepositoryReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/cbd9a4b6-b9ed-4cd6-a091-75b6481c9d55" Name="Default Backup Repository" />
       <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/ce15a8c7-aa49-495e-b05b-ee3398c91018" Name="srv02.veeam.local" />
       <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="BackupReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744" Name="Oracle Backup" />
       <Link Rel="Down" Type="RestorePointReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/d5311600-78a5-48d3-8e69-0fed4d3b5744/restorePoints" />
     </Links>
     <Platform>VMware</Platform>
    </Backup>