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Creating Backup Jobs

You can create a backup job for an organization with the specified ID.

Request

POST https://<hostname>:4443/v6/Organizations/{organizationId}/Jobs

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

organizationId

string

Specifies the identification number of the Microsoft 365 organization. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Organizations.

Request Body

The request body must contain the following properties:

Property

Type

Description

name

string

Specifies a name of the backup job.

description

string

Specifies a description of the backup job.

backupType

string

Specifies the type of the backup job. The following types are available:

  • EntireOrganization
  • SelectedItems

Note: For the backup job of the SelectedItems type, you must specify a collection of objects you want to back up. For more information about properties that you must specify for different types of backup and excluded items, see backupitemType and excludeditemType.

schedulePolicy

schedulePolicy

Specifies the backup job scheduling options.

repositoryId

string

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

runNow

boolean

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

isEnabled

boolean

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

schedulePolicy

Specify the following properties for the backup job schedule policy:

Property

Type

Description

type

string

Specifies the backup job schedule type. The following types are available:

  • Daily. The backup job runs on specific days.
  • Periodically. The backup job runs repeatedly throughout a day with a specific time interval.
  • ManualOnly. The backup job runs manually.

dailyType

string

Specifies the days when the backup job will run. The following values are available:

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

dailyTime

UTC

Specifies the time to start the backup job.

periodicallyEvery

string

Specifies the time interval between the job runs. The following values are available:

  • 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.

scheduleEnabled

boolean

If set to true, indicates that a schedule feature is enabled for this job. Use this property only with the periodicallyEvery property and the time interval specified in hours.

backupWindowSettings

backupWindowSettings

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

periodicallyWindowSettings

periodicallyWindowSettings

Specifies allowed and prohibited hours for the backup job to run. Use this property only with the periodicallyEvery property and the time interval specified in hours.

periodicallyOffsetMinutes

integer

Specifies a number of minutes for which you want to shift starting of the backup job within an hour if several backup jobs are scheduled to be started simultaneously. Use this property only with the periodicallyEvery property and the time interval specified in hours.

retryEnabled

boolean

If set to true, indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 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 backup job retry attempts (in minutes).

backupWindowSettings

Specify the following properties for the backup window:

Property

Type

Description

backupWindow

boolean[]

Defines 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.

periodicallyWindowSettings

If you configure the backup job to run periodically every N hours, specify the following properties for the schedule:

Property

Type

Description

backupWindow

boolean[]

Defines an hourly scheme for the backup job to run. 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.

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

In the response body, the server returns a resource representation of the /Jobs/{jobId} resource. For more information, see Getting Backup Jobs.

For more information about properties that you get for different types of backup and excluded items, see backupitemType and excludeditemType.

Examples

Example 1

The example shows how to back up the entire organization with the ID e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b.

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/Organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b/Jobs

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Request Body:

{

   "name": "Entire Organization Backup",

   "description": "",

   "backupType": "EntireOrganization",

   "schedulePolicy": {

     "backupWindowEnabled": false,

     "scheduleEnabled": false,

     "type": "Daily",

     "dailyType": "Everyday",

     "dailyTime": "01:00:00",

     "retryEnabled": true,

     "retryNumber": 3,

     "retryWaitInterval": 10

   },

   "repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de",

   "runNow": false,

   "isEnabled": true

}

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

{

 "description": "",

 "backupType": "EntireOrganization",

 "schedulePolicy": {

   "scheduleEnabled": false,

   "backupWindowEnabled": false,

   "retryEnabled": true,

   "retryNumber": 3,

   "retryWaitInterval": 10

 },

 "id": "9519e2d9-c97f-41e9-8427-02e85687a67a",

 "repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de",

 "name": "Entire Organization Backup",

 "isEnabled": true,

 "lastStatus": "Stopped",

 "_links": {

   "self": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/9519e2d9-c97f-41e9-8427-02e85687a67a"

   },

   "copyJob": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/9519e2d9-c97f-41e9-8427-02e85687a67a/copyJob"

   },

   "organization": {

     "href": "/v6/organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b"

   },

   "backupRepository": {

     "href": "/v6/backuprepositories/5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de"

   },

   "jobsessions": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/9519e2d9-c97f-41e9-8427-02e85687a67a/jobsessions"

   },

   "excludedItems": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/9519e2d9-c97f-41e9-8427-02e85687a67a/excludedItems"

   }

 }

}

Example 2

The example shows how to back up selected items of the organization with the ID e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b.

For more information about properties that you must specify for different types of backup items, see backupitemType.

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/Organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b/Jobs

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Request Body:

{

   "name": "Selected Items Backup",

   "description": "",

   "isEnabled": true,

   "runNow": false,

   "backupType": "SelectedItems",

 "selectedItems":

 [

  {

  "type": "PartialOrganization",

  "mailbox": true,

  "oneDrive": true,

  "archiveMailbox": true,

  "sites": true,

  "teams": true

  },

  {

   "type": "User",

   "user": {

     "id": "9bdd0fca-7210-450e-bfeb-c0dca2e1b36c00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

     "displayName": "User1",

     "name": "user1@abc.onmicrosoft.com",

     "type": "User",

     "locationType": "Cloud"

   },

   "mailbox": true,

   "archiveMailbox": true,

   "oneDrive": true,

   "personalSite": true

  },

  {

   "type": "Group",

   "mailbox": true,

   "groupSite": true,

   "group": {

     "id": "0eb7e684-b568-4487-8fe5-1c92cd13e91500000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

     "displayName": "Group2",

     "name": "group2@abc.onmicrosoft.com",

     "managedBy": "administrator",

     "site": "https://abc.sharepoint.com/sites/group2",

     "type": "Office365",

     "locationType": "Cloud"

   },

   "members": true,

   "memberMailbox": true,

   "memberArchiveMailbox": false,

   "memberOnedrive": true,

   "memberSite": false

  },

  {

   "type": "Site",

   "site": {

     "id": "f8956d6b-73b3-4ce2-bca7-66896490de7770e7bee3-08ea-48ac-ba1a-16863f06e1e2",

     "url": "https://abc-my.sharepoint.com/personal/john_doe_abc_onmicrosoft_com",

     "name": "John Doe",

     "isCloud": true,

     "isPersonal": true,

     "title": "John Doe Site"

    }

 ],

   "schedulePolicy": {

     "backupWindowEnabled": false,

     "scheduleEnabled": false,

     "type": "Daily",

     "dailyType": "Everyday",

     "dailyTime": "01:00:00",

     "retryEnabled": true,

     "retryNumber": 3,

     "retryWaitInterval": 10

   },

 "repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de"

}

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

{

 "description": "",

 "backupType": "SelectedItems",

 "schedulePolicy": {

   "scheduleEnabled": false,

   "backupWindowEnabled": false,

   "retryEnabled": true,

   "retryNumber": 3,

   "retryWaitInterval": 10

 },

 "id": "40b18684-f30e-4169-9100-e0161ff7f8ad",

 "repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de",

 "name": "Selected Items Backup",

 "isEnabled": true,

 "lastStatus": "Stopped",

 "_links": {

   "self": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/40b18684-f30e-4169-9100-e0161ff7f8ad"

   },

   "copyJob": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/40b18684-f30e-4169-9100-e0161ff7f8ad/copyJob"

   },

   "organization": {

     "href": "/v6/organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b"

   },

   "backupRepository": {

     "href": "/v6/backuprepositories/5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de"

   },

   "jobsessions": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/40b18684-f30e-4169-9100-e0161ff7f8ad/jobsessions"

   },

   "excludedItems": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/40b18684-f30e-4169-9100-e0161ff7f8ad/excludedItems"

   },

   "selectedItems": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/40b18684-f30e-4169-9100-e0161ff7f8ad/selectedItems"

   }

 }

}

Example 3

The example shows how to exclude items when performing back up of the entire organization with the ID e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b.

For more information about properties that you must specify for different types of the excluded items, see excludeditemType.

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/Organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b/Jobs

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Request Body:

{

  "name": "Entire Organization with Excluded Items",

   "description": "",

   "backupType": "EntireOrganization",

   "schedulePolicy": {

     "backupWindowEnabled": false,

     "scheduleEnabled": false,

     "type": "Daily",

     "dailyType": "Everyday",

     "dailyTime": "01:00:00",

     "retryEnabled": true,

     "retryNumber": 3,

     "retryWaitInterval": 10

   },

   "repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de",

   "runNow": false,

   "isEnabled": true,

   "excludedItems":[

   {

   "type": "User",

   "user": {

     "id": "9bdd0fca-7210-450e-bfeb-c0dca2e1b36c00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

     "displayName": "User1",

     "name": "user1@abc.onmicrosoft.com",

     "type": "User",

     "locationType": "Cloud"

   },

   "mailbox": true,

   "archiveMailbox": true,

   "oneDrive": true,

   "personalSite": true

  }

     ]

}

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

{

 "description": "",

 "backupType": "EntireOrganization",

 "schedulePolicy": {

   "scheduleEnabled": false,

   "backupWindowEnabled": false,

   "retryEnabled": true,

   "retryNumber": 3,

   "retryWaitInterval": 10

 },

 "id": "a387d9d9-5d02-4543-880a-c1c3c494eeda",

 "repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de",

 "name": "Entire Organization with Excluded Items",

 "isEnabled": true,

 "lastStatus": "Stopped",

 "_links": {

   "self": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/a387d9d9-5d02-4543-880a-c1c3c494eeda"

   },

   "copyJob": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/a387d9d9-5d02-4543-880a-c1c3c494eeda/copyJob"

   },

   "organization": {

     "href": "/v6/organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b"

   },

   "backupRepository": {

     "href": "/v6/backuprepositories/5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de"

   },

   "jobsessions": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/a387d9d9-5d02-4543-880a-c1c3c494eeda/jobsessions"

   },

   "excludedItems": {

     "href": "/v6/jobs/a387d9d9-5d02-4543-880a-c1c3c494eeda/excludedItems"

   }

 }

}