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Guest Processing

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    The /backupPolicies/{ID} resource can have the following properties representing guest processing settings:

    Property

    Type

    Description

    processingEnabled

    boolean

    Indicates whether application-aware processing is enabled for the backup job.

    processingType

    string

    Defines how the backup policy handles transaction logs.

    Possible values:

    • CopyOnly
    • ProcessLogs

    Only present if the processingEnabled property has value true.

    sqlOptions

    SqlOptions

    Indicates Microsoft SQL Server processing settings.

    oracleOptions

    OracleOptions

    Indicates Oracle Database processing settings.

    sharePointOptions

    SharePointOptions

    Indicates SharePoint processing settings.

    scriptOptions

    ScriptOptions

    Indicates script execution settings.

    SqlOptions

    Property

    Type

    Description

    credentials

    Credentials

    Credentials of an account to connect to Microsoft SQL Server.

    truncationMode

    string

    Indicates how the backup policy processes Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs.

    Possible values:

    • NotTruncate
    • Truncate
    • BackupPeriodically

    Only present if the processingType property has value ProcessLogs.

    backupOptions

    BackupOptions

    Indicates how SQL logs are backed up.

    Only present if the truncationMode property has value BackupPeriodically.

    OracleOptions

    Property

    Type

    Description

    accountType

    string

    Type of account used to connect to Oracle database.

    Possible values:

    • Oracle
    • Windows

    credentials

    Credentials

    Credentials of an account to connect to Oracle database.

    archivalMode

    string

    Indicates retention policy for archived logs.

    Possible values:

    • NotDelete
    • DeleteOld
    • DeleteBig

    deleteOlderThan

    integer

    Maximum lifetime of archived logs.

    Only present if the archivalMode property has value DeleteOld.

    deleteOlderThanUnits

    string

    Measurement units for maximum lifetime of archived logs. Has the constant value hours.

    deleteBiggerThan

    integer

    Maximum size of archived logs.

    Only present if the archivalMode property has value DeleteBig.

    deleteBiggerThanUnits

    string

    Measurement units for maximum size of archived logs. Has the constant value GB.

    backupOptions

    backupOptions

    Indicates how Oracle logs are backed up.

    SharePointOptions

    Property

    Type

    Description

    credentials

    Credentials

    Credentials of an account to connect to SharePoint.

    ScriptOptions

    Property

    Type

    Description

    executionMode

    string

    Script processing mode.

    Possible values:

    • Disabled
    • IgnoreFailures
    • RequireSuccess

    prefreezeCommand

    string

    Location of a file with a pre-freeze script.

    Only present if the executionMode property has value IgnoreFailures or RequireSuccess.

    postThawCommand

    string

    Location of a file with a post-thaw script.

    Only present if the executionMode property has value IgnoreFailures or RequireSuccess.

    credentials

    Credentials

    Credentials of an admin account to execute scripts.

    Only present if the executionMode property has value IgnoreFailures or RequireSuccess.

    Credentials

    Property

    Type

    Description

    credentialsEnabled

    boolean

    Indicates whether credentials are enabled for an account.

    userName

    string

    Indicates a user name.

    Only present if the credentialsEnabled property has value true.

    password

    string

    Indicates a password.

    Only present if the credentialsEnabled property has value true.

    BackupOptions

    Property

    Type

    Description

    backupOptionsEnabled

    boolean

    Indicates if backup options are enabled for log transaction.

    backupInterval

    integer

    Backup interval.

    The minimum value is 5. The maximum value is 480.

    Only present if the backupOptionsEnabled property has value true.

    backupIntervalUnits

    string

    Measurement units for backup interval. Has the constant value mins.

    Only present if the backupOptionsEnabled property has value true.

    retentionType

    string

    Retention policy for transaction or archived logs.

    Possible values:

    • PertainWithMachineBackup
    • RetentionInterval

    Only present if the backupOptionsEnabled property has value true.

    retentionInterval

    integer

    Period to keep transaction or archived logs.

    Only present if the backupOptionsEnabled property has value true and the retentionType property has value RetentionInterval.

    retentionIntervalUnits

    string

    Measurement units for a period to keep transaction or archived logs. Has the constant value days.

    Only present if the backupOptionsEnabled property has value true and the retentionType property has value RetentionInterval.

     

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