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Getting Restore Points

This section explains how to get restore points that reside in backup repositories and as snapshots in Azure.

Request

GET https://<hostname>/api/v1/restorePoints

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Parameters

None.

Request Body

None.

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

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 HTTPS headers.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the response body message: application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

Property

Type

Description

offset

integer

Shows the offset value.

limit

integer

Shows the offset limit.

totalCount

integer

Shows the number of records in the results array.

results

Results Object

Contains the result object.

_links

Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]

Links to related resources (navigation property).

Results Object

Property

Type

Description

id

string

Shows the identification number of the restore point.

pointInTime

string

Shows the time when the restore point was created.

backupSizeBytes

string

Shows the size of the restore point in bytes.

backupDestination

string

Shows the type of the snapshot. Possible values:

  • ManualSnapshot
  • AzureBlob
  • Snapshot

_embeddedResources

RestorePointEmbeddedResources Object

Might contain the RestorePointEmbeddedResources object.

_links

Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]

Links to related resources (navigation property).

Example

Request:

GET https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/restorePoints

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

{

  "offset": 0,

  "limit": 30,

  "totalCount": 5,

  "results":    [

           {

        "id": "15ed5dd3-c759-4726-9682-be9f9d72a7d5",

        "pointInTime": "2020-02-03T13:02:39.35773Z",

        "backupSizeBytes": 136367309312,

        "backupDestination": "ManualSnapshot",

        "_embeddedResources": {},

        "_links":          {

           "self": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/restorePoints/15ed5dd3-c759-4726-9682-be9f9d72a7d5"},

           "BackupJob": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/jobSessions/7"}

        }

     },

           {

        "id": "1e1782e9-9921-4e11-980a-77203e9c691a",

        "pointInTime": "2020-02-05T10:48:38.853005Z",

        "backupSizeBytes": 136367309312,

        "backupDestination": "AzureBlob",

        "_embeddedResources": {},

        "_links":          {

           "self": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/restorePoints/1e1782e9-9921-4e11-980a-77203e9c691a"},

           "BackupJob": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/jobSessions/38"}

        }

     },

           {

        "id": "cd88a27f-afb0-4bd2-b9e7-bc1bd47252a0",

        "pointInTime": "2020-02-05T10:45:14.482326Z",

        "backupSizeBytes": 136367309312,

        "backupDestination": "Snapshot",

        "_embeddedResources": {},

        "_links":          {

           "self": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/restorePoints/cd88a27f-afb0-4bd2-b9e7-bc1bd47252a0"},

           "BackupJob": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/jobSessions/37"}

        }

     },

           {

        "id": "df483336-91b8-4e6b-87cf-7bd95f43c3de",

        "pointInTime": "2020-02-04T11:15:29.990303Z",

        "backupSizeBytes": 136367309312,

        "backupDestination": "AzureBlob",

        "_embeddedResources": {},

        "_links":          {

           "self": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/restorePoints/df483336-91b8-4e6b-87cf-7bd95f43c3de"},

           "BackupJob": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/jobSessions/27"}

        }

     },

           {

        "id": "f5661843-f425-4081-9d77-de440b4106e1",

        "pointInTime": "2020-02-04T19:02:30.328869Z",

        "backupSizeBytes": 136367309312,

        "backupDestination": "AzureBlob",

        "_embeddedResources": {},

        "_links":          {

           "self": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/restorePoints/f5661843-f425-4081-9d77-de440b4106e1"},

           "BackupJob": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/jobSessions/31"}

        }

     }

  ],

  "_links": {"self": {"href": "https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com:443/api/v1/restorePoints?onlyLatest=False&offset=0&limit=30"}}

}

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