GET /backupFiles/{ID}

Returns a resource representation of a backup file with the specified ID. The backup file is created on or imported to the backup server connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

Supported Platforms

The request is supported for the following platforms:

  • VMware vSphere
  • VMware Cloud Director
  • Microsoft Hyper-V

Request

To get a backup file, send the GET HTTP request to the URL of the /backupFiles/{ID} resource.

HTTP Request

GET https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/backupFiles/{ID}

or

GET https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/backupFiles/{ID}?format=Entity

Request Headers

The request contains the following headers:

Header

Required

Description

X-RestSvcSessionId

True

The request requires authorization. In the header, the client must send a session ID copied from the server reply to the request creating a new logon session. For details, see Authentication and Security.

Accept

False

Identifies the format of the response. Possible values:

  • application/xml — the client can send this value in the header to accept response in the XML format.
  • application/json — the client must send this value in the header to accept the request in the JSON format.

If the request does not contain the header, the server will return the response in the XML format.

Request Body

None.

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 HTTP headers.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the request body message. Possible values:

  • application/xml
  • application/json

Response Body

In the response body, the REST API returns an entity or an entity reference of the /backupFiles/{ID} resource. The resource entity contains the following parameters and links.

Parameters

Element

Type

Description

UID

UidType

UID of the backup file resource, for example: urn:veeam:BackupFile:0874ab95-10e5-4f25-84df-2782ad81f3e5.

Name

String

Name of the backup file, for example: Webserver BackupD2016-09-20T175902.vib.

FilePath

String

Path to the backup file.

BackupSize

Long

Size of the backup file (in bytes).

DataSize

Long

Size of the backed-up data (in bytes).

DeduplicationRatio

Double

Data deduplication ratio.

CompressRatio

Double

Data compression ratio.

CreationTimeUtc

DateTime

Date and time when the backup file was created. The parameter accepts only UTC-formatted DateTime values.

FileType

String

Type of the backup file. Possible values:

  • vbk
  • vib
  • vrb

To view query parameters that you can use for filtering or sorting, see GET /query?type=BackupFile.

Links

Reference

Relationship

Description

/backups/{ID}

Up

URL of the /backups/{ID} parent to the backup file.

/backupServers/{ID}

Up

URL of the /backupServers/{ID} resource parent to the backup file.

/backupFiles/{ID}

Alternate

Alternate URL of the /backupFiles/{ID} resource.

/backupFiles/{ID}/restorePoints

Down

URL of the /restorePoints resource — a collection of restore points contained in the backup file.

/backupFiles/{ID}/vmRestorePoints

Down

URL of the /vmRestorePoints resource — a collection of VM restore points contained in the backup file.

Example

The example below returns an entity resource representation of a backup file with ID 6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4:

Request:

GET https://localhost:9398/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

<BackupFile xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="BackupFile" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4?format=Entity" Name="Webserver Backup CopyD2016-09-20T000000.vbk" UID="urn:veeam:BackupFile:6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4">
 <Links>
   <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backups/80672bda-76a8-408b-947f-afd0ff67fba6" Name="Webserver Backup Copy" />
   <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupServers/99f01406-ecdc-428f-ae09-a13de244140a" Name="172.17.53.1" />
   <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="BackupFileReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4" Name="Webserver Backup CopyD2016-09-20T000000.vbk" />
   <Link Rel="Related" Type="BackupFileReferenceList" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4/restorePoints" />
   <Link Rel="Down" Type="VmRestorePointReferenceList" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4/vmRestorePoints" />
 </Links>
 <FilePath>C:\BackupVol02\Webserver Backup Copy\Webserver Backup CopyD2016-09-20T000000.vbk</FilePath>
 <BackupSize>31608832</BackupSize>
 <DataSize>42949683607</DataSize>
 <DeduplicationRatio>0</DeduplicationRatio>
 <CompressRatio>1</CompressRatio>
 <CreationTimeUtc>2016-09-19T21:00:00Z</CreationTimeUtc>
 <FileType>vbk</FileType>
</BackupFile>