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Export Collection of Backup Policies

You can export all backup policies created in Veeam Backup for AWS to a CSV or an XML file and download the file. To specify the required type of the file, use the Accept request header.

Request

To export a list of backup policies, send the HTTP POST request to the /policies/export endpoint.

HTTP Request

POST https://<hostname>:<port>/api/v1/policies/export

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

Required

  • text/scv
  • application/xml

Specifies a media type of representation of the exported data. The default value is text/csv 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 a link to download the file with the exported list of backup policies.

Export Collection of Backup PoliciesExample

The following request exports a full list of backup policies created in Veeam Backup for AWS.

Request:

POST https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/policies/export

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Accept: text/scv

x-api-version: 1.0-rev0

 

Response:

200

 

Response body:

Download file