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Getting Backup Jobs

You can get a resource representation of a backup job with the specified ID.

Request

GET https://<hostname>:4443/v5/Jobs/{jobId}

Request Headers

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

Request Parameters

The following parameter must be specified in the URL of the request:

Parameter

Type

Description

jobId

string

Specifies the identification number of the backup job. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Backup Jobs.

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

The response contains the following information:

Property

Type

Description

id

string

Specifies the ID of the backup job.

name

string

Specifies the name of the backup job.

description

string

Specifies the description of the backup job.

lastStatus

string

Specifies the latest status of the backup job:

  • Stopped
  • Running
  • Success
  • Warning
  • Failed
  • Disconnected
  • NotConfigured
  • Queued

lastRun

UTC

Specifies the time of the last run of a backup job.

nextRun

UTC

Specifies the time of the next run of a backup job per the backup job schedule.

isEnabled

boolean

If set to true, specifies that the backup job is enabled.

backupType

backupType

Specifies the type of the backup job:

  • selectedItems
  • entireOrganization

schedulePolicy

schedulePolicy

Specifies the backup job scheduling options.

runNow

boolean

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

_links

Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]

Links to related resources (navigation property).

schedulePolicy

The backup job schedule has the following 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.

dailyType

string

Specifies the days when the backup job will run:

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

dailyTime

UTC

Specifies the time when the job will start.

periodicallyEvery

string

Specifies the time interval between the job runs:

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

backupWindowEnabled

boolean

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

backupWindow

backupWindowSettings

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

retryEnabled

boolean

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.

retryNumber

integer

Specifies the number of attempts to run the backup job.

retryWaitInterval

integer

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

backupWindowSettings

The job's backup window has the following properties:

Property

Type

Description

backupWindow

boolean

Specifies an hourly scheme for the backup window. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean 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

minuteOffset

integer

Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time.

Examples

Example 1

Request:

GET https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/Jobs/{jobId}

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

{

 "id": "3c407448-4d05-432f-a651-144827bed5ce",

 "name": "job office 365",

 "description": "",

 "lastRun": "2018-05-30T12:19:14.7927466Z",

 "nextRun": "2018-06-02T02:00:00Z",

 "isEnabled": true,

 "backupType": "selectedItems",

 "lastStatus": "Success",

 "schedulePolicy": {

   "backupWindowEnabled": true,

   "backupWindowSettings": {

     "backupWindow": [

       true,

       true,

       true,

       ..

     ],

     "minuteOffset": 0

   },

   "type": "Daily",

   "dailyType": "Friday",

   "dailyTime": "19:00:00",

   "retryEnabled": false

 },

 "_links": {

   "self": {

     "href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/jobs/3c407448-4d05-432f-a651-144827bed5ce"

   },

   "organization": {

     "href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/organizations/63e92db4-8c0a-46df-ba92-15f46011c4a5"

   },

   "backupRepository": {

     "href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/backuprepositories/ce19de31-329d-4f0f-b85e-4424cc2e6821"

   },

   "jobsessions": {

     "href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/jobs/3c407448-4d05-432f-a651-144827bed5ce/jobsessions"

   },

   "excludedItems": {

     "href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/jobs/3c407448-4d05-432f-a651-144827bed5ce/excludedItems"

   },

   "selectedItems": {

     "href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/jobs/3c407448-4d05-432f-a651-144827bed5ce/selectedItems"

   }

 }

}