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Get Backup Policy Estimated Cost

You can get estimated monthly cost calculated for a backup policy with the specified ID.

Request

To get cost estimation, send the HTTP GET request to the /policies/{policyId}/cost endpoint. {policyId} is a system ID assigned to the backup policy in the Veeam Backup for AWS REST API.

HTTP Request

GET https://<hostname>:<port>/api/v1/policies/{policyId}/cost

Request Headers

The request contains the following headers.

Header

Required/Optional

Value

Description

Authorization

Required

Bearer <Access-Token>

Authenticates a client who sends the request to the server. Must contain the access token for the current logon session in the Bearer <Access-Token> format.

x-api-version

Required

1.0-rev0

Specifies the current revision of the Veeam Backup for AWS REST API.

Accept

Optional

  • application/json
  • application/problem+json

Specifies a media type of representation that is required in the response message. If the requested type is not supported, the server will return the response in the application/json media type.

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Code

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 (OK).

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.

Header

Value

Description

Content-Length

integer

Identifies the length of the response body message, in bytes.

Content-Type

  • application/json
  • application/problem+json

Identifies the media type of the response body message.

Response Body

In the response body, Veeam Backup for AWS returns estimated monthly cost of the backup policy with the specified ID. The CostEstimationsPage schema is used for the resource representation.

Get Backup Policy Estimated CostExample

The following request calculates estimated monthly cost for a backup policy with the ID 6ac40b80-4bdb-46e9-9759-0fc0d1166ccf.

Request:

GET https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/policies/6ac40b80-4bdb-46e9-9759-0fc0d1166ccf/cost

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

x-api-version: 1.0-rev0

 

Response:

200

 

Response Body:

{

 "totalCount": 3,

 "items": [

   {

     "virtualMachineId": "d7b9e26d-1980-4dbb-baf3-5534fe5c8dd8",

     "virtualMachineName": "2016abor2",

     "snapshotCost": 0.834042132,

     "replicaCost": 0.928461996,

     "backupCost": 1.127919893333333,

     "trafficCost": 2.1168,

     "transactionCost": 0.359141199872,

     "totalCost": 5.366365221205333

   },

   {

     "virtualMachineId": "2c9e17f0-6690-41a3-aa95-f5e824bf4307",

     "virtualMachineName": "Abor03VM",

     "snapshotCost": 0.158865168,

     "replicaCost": 0.176849904,

     "backupCost": 0.20989954370370376,

     "trafficCost": 0.4032,

     "transactionCost": 0.06840784759466667,

     "totalCost": 1.0172224632983704

   },

   {

     "virtualMachineId": "c27fdf69-2761-4e31-a768-6576291018e5",

     "virtualMachineName": "pdLT02_nics",

     "snapshotCost": 0.953191008,

     "replicaCost": 1.061099424,

     "backupCost": 1.294284373333334,

     "trafficCost": 2.4192,

     "transactionCost": 0.410447085568,

     "totalCost": 6.138221890901334

   }

 ],

 "isEmpty": false,

 "totalSnapshotCost": 1.9460983079999998,

 "totalreplicaCost": 2.1664113240000002,

 "totalBackupCost": 2.6321038103703707,

 "totalTrafficCost": 4.9392,

 "totalTransactionCost": 0.8379961330346667,

 "totalCost": 12.521809575405037,

 "_links": [

   {

     "method": "GET",

     "rel": "self",

     "href": "https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/policies/6ac40b80-4bdb-46e9-9759-0fc0d1166ccf/cost"

   }

 ]

}