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Editing Backup Repository Settings

You can edit a backup repository with the specified ID.

Request

PUT https://<hostname>:4443/v6/BackupRepositories/{repositoryId}

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
repositoryId	string	Specifies the identification number of the backup repository. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Backup Repositories.

Request Body

To edit repository settings, you need to enter in the request body the required properties with new values. The properties you omit will remain unchanged.

The request body must contain the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
name	string	Specifies the name you want to assign to the backup repository.
description	string	Specifies the description of the backup repository.
retentionPeriodType	string	Specifies the retention period type: Daily Monthly Yearly
dailyRetentionPeriod	string	Specifies the retention period in days. This property is valid if retentionPeriodType is set to Daily.
monthlyRetentionPeriod	string	Specifies the retention period in months. This property is valid if retentionPeriodType is set to Monthly.
yearlyRetentionPeriod	string	Specifies the retention period in years: Year1 Years2 Years3 Years5 Years7 Years10 Years25 Keep This property is valid if retentionPeriodType is set to Yearly. If you select Keep, the backup job will back up all items in the mailbox and will never remove them.
retentionFrequencyType	string	Specifies clean-up schedule type. The following types are available: Daily. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 checks and removes the outdated backups once a day. Use the dailyTime property to set the time of the day for performing clean-up. Use the dailyType property to set the days for performing clean-up. Monthly. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 checks and removes the outdated backups once a month. Use the monthlyTime property to set the time of the day for performing clean-up. Use the monthlyDaynumber and monthlyDayofweek properties to set the day for performing clean-up.
dailyTime	UTC	For daily clean-up schedule. Specifies the time of the day when clean-up must be performed.
dailyType	string	For daily clean-up schedule. Specifies the days when clean-up must be performed: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Everyday Workdays Weekends
monthlyTime	UTC	For monthly clean-up schedule. Specifies the time of the day when clean-up must be performed.
monthlyDaynumber	string	For monthly clean-up schedule. Specifies the order number for the day of the week when clean-up must be performed: First Second Third Fourth Last
monthlyDayofweek	string	For monthly clean-up schedule. Specifies the day of the week when clean-up must be performed: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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

None.

Example

The example shows how to update the backup repository settings with the ID 5729d9cf-abfa-4077-9dd5-f5a888b98147.

Request:

PUT https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/BackupRepositories/5729d9cf-abfa-4077-9dd5-f5a888b98147

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"name": "ABC Support Monthly",

"retentionPeriodType": "Monthly",

"monthlyRetentionPeriod": "6",

"retentionFrequencyType": "Monthly",

"description": "Monthly Reports",

"monthlyTime": "00:00:00",

"monthlyDaynumber": "Last",

"monthlyDayofweek": "Sunday"

}

Response:

200 OK