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(PUT) /Jobs/{id}

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    Edits a backup job with a specified ID.

    Request

    To edit settings of a backup job, send the PUT HTTPS request to the URL of the /Jobs/{id} resource.

    HTTPS Request

    PUT https://<Backup-Office365>:4443/v3/Jobs/{id}

    Request Headers

    The request header must contain the authorization token for the current logon session.

    Request Body

    To edit backup job settings, you need to enter in the request body the corresponding properties with new values.

    The request body can contain the following properties:

    Property

    Type

    Description

    Name

    string

    Specifies the name of the backup job.

    For example, "name": "Daily".

    Description

    string

    Specifies the description of the backup job.

    For example, "description": "ABC".

    BackupType

    backupType

    Specifies the type of the backup job:

    • entireOrganization
    • selectedItems

    SchedulePolicy

    SchedulePolicy

    Specifies the backup job scheduling options.

    ProxyId

    string

    Specifies the ID of the backup proxy.

    For example, "proxyId": "5a905bb5-9071-433c-9d2f-f805d4da2cf4".

    RepositoryId

    string

    Specifies the ID of the repository where the backups will be stored.

    For example, "repositoryId": "a740fb93-4de8-4de4-977e-765dd092748f".

    RunNow

    bool

    If set to True, the job will run right after it is created.

    For example, "RunNow": "true".

    SchedulePolicy

    Specify the properties listed below for the backup job schedule.

    Mind that the Type property must be specified if you want to enter the new values for the DailyType, DailyTime or PeriodicallyEvery properties.

    Property

    Type

    Description

    Type

    string

    Specifies the job schedule type:

    • Daily: runs the backup job on specific days.
    • Periodically: runs the backup job repeatedly throughout a day with a specific time interval.

    For example, "type": "daily".

    DailyType

    string

    Specifies the days when the backup job will run:

    • Everyday
    • Weekends
    • Workdays
    • Monday
    • Tuesday
    • Wednesday
    • Thursday
    • Friday
    • Saturday
    • Sunday

    For example, "dailyType": "Sunday".

    DailyTime

    UTC

    Specifies the time when the job will start.

    For example, "dailyTime": "08:00:00"

    Periodically
    Every

    string

    Specifies the time interval between the job runs:

    • Minutes5
    • Minutes10
    • Minutes15
    • Minutes30
    • Hours1
    • Hours2
    • Hours4
    • Hours8

    For example, "periodicallyEvery": "Hours1".

    BackupWindowEnabled

    bool

    If set to True, indicates that a backup window feature is enabled for this job.

    For example, "backupWindowEnabled": "true".

    BackupWindow

    BackupWindowSettings

    Specifies the job's backup window settings. A backup window is a time period within which the job must be completed.

    RetryEnabled

    bool

    If set to True, indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will attempt to restart a backup job if it fails for some reason.

    For example, "retryEnabled": "true".

    RetryNumber

    int

    Specifies the number of attempts to run the backup job.

    For example, "retryNumber": 5.

    RetryWait
    Interval

    int

    Specifies the time intervals between the job retry attempts (minutes).

    For example, "retryWaitInterval": 15.

    For example:

     "schedulePolicy": {

        "type": "Daily",

        "dailyType": "Sunday",

        "dailyTime": "18:00:00",

        "backupWindowEnabled": true,

        "backupWindowSettings": {

          "backupWindow": [

             true,

             ...

           ],

         },

        "retryEnabled": "true",

        "retryNumber": 3,

        "retryWaitInterval": 10

    }

    BackupWindowSettings

    Specify the following property for the job's backup window:

    Property

    Type

    Description

    BackupWindow

    bool

    Specifies an hourly scheme for the backup window. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean type elements. These elements can be logically divided into 7 groups by 24. Each group represents a day of the week starting from Sunday. Each element represents a backup hour:

    • True - the allowed backup hour
    • False - the prohibited backup hour

    For example, to allow a backup job to run only on Sundays, set the first 24 elements to True.

    MinuteOffset

    int

    Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time.

    For example, "minuteOffset": 15.

    For example:

     "backupWindowSettings": {

        "backupWindow": [

             true,

             true,

             true,

             ...

           ],

         }

    Response

    The server returns the following response to the client.

    Response Codes

    A successfully completed operation returns 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 request body message: application/json; charset=utf-8

    Response Body

    None.

    Example

    The example below shows how to exclude mailboxes from the scope of a backup job with ID 70a8cbaf-642f-4c6f-934d-fb10e597a82a.

    Request:

    PUT https://support.east.local:4443/v3/Jobs/70a8cbaf-642f-4c6f-934d-fb10e597a82a

     

    Request Header:

    Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

     

    Request Body:

    {

      "id": "e1714f5b-e51b-496b-9e46-e7bf979aa6d6",

      "name": "test_job",

      "description": "",

      "lastRun": "2017-06-06T15:18:22.6664413Z",

      "nextRun": "2017-06-13T15:00:00Z",

      "isEnabled": true,

      "backupType": "SelectedItems",

      "lastStatus": "Success",

      "schedulePolicy": {

        "backupWindowEnabled": true,

        "backupWindowSettings": {

          "backupWindow": [

            true,

            true,

            true,

             ...

          ],

          "minuteOffset": 0

        },

        "type": "Daily",

        "dailyType": "Wednesday",

        "dailyTime": "08:00:00",

        "retryEnabled": true,

        "retryNumber": 3,

        "retryWaitInterval": 10

      },

     "proxyId": "5a905bb5-9071-433c-9d2f-f805d4da2cf4",

     "repositoryId": "a740fb93-4de8-4de4-977e-765dd092748f",

     "RunNow": "true"

    }

     

    Response:

    200 OK

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