GET /failoverPlans/{ID}

Returns a resource representation of the failover plan having the specified ID.

Request

To get a resource representation of the failover plan, send the GET HTTP request to the URL of the /failoverPlans/{ID} resource:

HTTP Request

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

or

GET https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/failoverPlans/{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 /failoverPlans/{ID} resource. The resource entity contains the following parameters and links.

Parameters

Element

Type

Description

UID

UidType

UID of the failover plan, for example: urn:veeam:FailoverPlan:ae01e36f-32a3-4095-95fa-09a2af744009.

Name

String

Name of the failover plan, for example: SQL Failover Plan.

Description

String

Description specified for the failover plan.

FailoverPlanInfo

FailoverPlanInfoType

Contains the Includes element with a list of the FailoveredVm objects — VMs added to the failover plan. For details, see Failover Plan VMs.

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

Failover Plan VMs

The FailoveredVm element contains the following VM options.

Element

Type

Description

FailoveredVmId

String

ID of the VM, for example: 88792301-c3dc-495b-9505-45de8b821845.

HierarchyObjRef

HierarchyObjRefType

Reference to the VM, for example: urn:VMware:Vm:de28dc43-b8ee-4e17-8e63-3d38b6604033.vm-85541.

Name

String

VM name.

DisplayName

String

VM display name.

Order

Int

Failover order.

GuestProcessingOptions

GuestProcessingOptionsType

Options for application-aware image processing. For details, see Guest Processing Options.

Links

Reference

Relationship

Description

/backupServers/{ID}

Up

URL of the /backupServers/{ID} resource — a backup server where the failover plan was created.

/failoverPlans/{ID}

Alternate

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

failoverPlans/{ID}

Edit

URL for the PUT /failoverPlans/{ID} request.

failoverPlans/{ID}?action=start

Start

URL for the POST /failoverPlans/{ID}?action=start request.

failoverPlans/{ID}?action=start

Undo

URL for the POST /failoverPlans/{ID}?action=undo request.

Example

The example below returns an entity representation of the failover plan having ID af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51:

Request:

GET https://localhost:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51?format=Entity

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FailoverPlan xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51?format=Entity" Type="FailoverPlan" Name="Failover plan 1" UID="urn:veeam:FailoverPlan:af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51" xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0">
   <Links>
       <Link Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/backupServers/7445e6ce-86f5-4171-b909-dac209c66563" Name="enterprise06.tech.local" Type="BackupServerReference" Rel="Up" />
       <Link Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51" Name="Failover plan 1" Type="FailoverPlanReference" Rel="Alternate" />
       <Link Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51" Name="Failover plan 1" Type="FailoverPlanReference" Rel="Edit" />
       <Link Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51?action=start" Rel="Start" />
       <Link Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51?action=undo" Rel="Undo" />
   </Links>
   <Description>Created by TECH\sheila.d.cory</Description>
   <FailoverPlanInfo>
       <Includes>
           <FailoveredVm Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51/includes/88792301-c3dc-495b-9505-45de8b821845" Type="FailoveredVm">
               <FailoveredVmId>88792301-c3dc-495b-9505-45de8b821845</FailoveredVmId>
               <HierarchyObjRef>urn:VMware:Vm:de28dc43-b8ee-4e17-8e63-3d38b6604033.vm-85541</HierarchyObjRef>
               <Name>ubuntu88</Name>
               <DisplayName>ubuntu88</DisplayName>
               <Order>0</Order>
               <GuestProcessingOptions>
                   <VssSnapshotOptions>
                       <VssSnapshotMode>RequireSuccess</VssSnapshotMode>
                       <IsCopyOnly>false</IsCopyOnly>
                   </VssSnapshotOptions>
                   <WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                       <FileSystemIndexingMode>ExceptSpecifiedFolders</FileSystemIndexingMode>
                       <IncludedIndexingFolders />
                       <ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                           <Path>%windir%</Path>
                           <Path>%ProgramFiles%</Path>
                           <Path>%ProgramFiles(x86)%</Path>
                           <Path>%ProgramW6432%</Path>
                           <Path>%TEMP%</Path>
                       </ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                   </WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                   <LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                       <FileSystemIndexingMode>ExceptSpecifiedFolders</FileSystemIndexingMode>
                       <IncludedIndexingFolders />
                       <ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                           <Path>/cdrom</Path>
                           <Path>/dev</Path>
                           <Path>/media</Path>
                           <Path>/mnt</Path>
                           <Path>/proc</Path>
                           <Path>/tmp</Path>
                           <Path>/lost+found</Path>
                       </ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                   </LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                   <SqlBackupOptions>
                       <TransactionLogsProcessing>OnlyOnSuccessJob</TransactionLogsProcessing>
                       <BackupLogsFrequencyMin>15</BackupLogsFrequencyMin>
                       <UseDbBackupRetention>true</UseDbBackupRetention>
                       <RetainDays>15</RetainDays>
                   </SqlBackupOptions>
                   <WindowsCredentialsId />
                   <LinuxCredentialsId />
               </GuestProcessingOptions>
           </FailoveredVm>
           <FailoveredVm Href="https://enterprise06.tech.local:9398/api/failoverPlans/af8a333b-3df3-467a-b3ce-df8ac508be51/includes/37530b26-03af-422d-826c-d023ea02b0eb" Type="FailoveredVm">
               <FailoveredVmId>37530b26-03af-422d-826c-d023ea02b0eb</FailoveredVmId>
               <HierarchyObjRef>urn:VMware:Vm:de28dc43-b8ee-4e17-8e63-3d38b6604033.vm-67288</HierarchyObjRef>
               <Name>apache02</Name>
               <DisplayName>apache02</DisplayName>
               <Order>1</Order>
               <GuestProcessingOptions>
                   <VssSnapshotOptions>
                       <VssSnapshotMode>RequireSuccess</VssSnapshotMode>
                       <IsCopyOnly>false</IsCopyOnly>
                   </VssSnapshotOptions>
                   <WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                       <FileSystemIndexingMode>ExceptSpecifiedFolders</FileSystemIndexingMode>
                       <IncludedIndexingFolders />
                       <ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                           <Path>%windir%</Path>
                           <Path>%ProgramFiles%</Path>
                           <Path>%ProgramFiles(x86)%</Path>
                           <Path>%ProgramW6432%</Path>
                           <Path>%TEMP%</Path>
                       </ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                   </WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                   <LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                       <FileSystemIndexingMode>ExceptSpecifiedFolders</FileSystemIndexingMode>
                       <IncludedIndexingFolders />
                       <ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                           <Path>/cdrom</Path>
                           <Path>/dev</Path>
                           <Path>/media</Path>
                           <Path>/mnt</Path>
                           <Path>/proc</Path>
                           <Path>/tmp</Path>
                           <Path>/lost+found</Path>
                       </ExcludedIndexingFolders>
                   </LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
                   <SqlBackupOptions>
                       <TransactionLogsProcessing>OnlyOnSuccessJob</TransactionLogsProcessing>
                       <BackupLogsFrequencyMin>15</BackupLogsFrequencyMin>
                       <UseDbBackupRetention>true</UseDbBackupRetention>
                       <RetainDays>15</RetainDays>
                   </SqlBackupOptions>
                   <WindowsCredentialsId />
                   <LinuxCredentialsId />
               </GuestProcessingOptions>
           </FailoveredVm>
       </Includes>
   </FailoverPlanInfo>
</FailoverPlan>