POST /cloud/cloudFailoverPlans/{ID}?action=start

Starts a cloud failover plan that has the specified ID.

Request

To start a cloud failover plan, send the POST HTTP request to the /cloud/cloudFailoverPlans/{ID}?action=start URL.

HTTP Request

POST https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/cloud/cloudFailoverPlans/{ID}?action=start

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.

Content-Type

True

Identifies the format of the request body message. Possible values:

  • application/xml
  • application/json

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

In the request body, the client must send the parameters for the started cloud failover plan. The body of the request must conform to the XML Schema Definitionem_rest_ of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager REST API.

Important

If you use the XML media type, make sure that the order of parameters in the request body is correct. For details, see request body examples in this section.

The request body must contain either of the following elements:

Element

Type

Description

Modifiable

Min/Max Occurrence

StartNow

Boolean

If you specify this parameter, Veeam Backup & Replication will fail over VMs added to the cloud failover plan to their latest restore points.

No

0/1

StartDate

DateTime

If you specify this parameter, Veeam Backup & Replication will fail over VMs added to the cloud failover plan to the most recent restore points that were created prior to the selected date.

No

0/1

For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CloudFailoverPlanManagementSpec xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 <StartNow>true</StartNow>
 <StartDate>2015-12-29T15:13:37.7418767Z</StartDate>
</CloudFailoverPlanManagementSpec>

JSON Representation

{

 "StartNow": true,

 "StartDate": "2015-12-29T15:13:37.7418767Z"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns response code 202 Accepted.

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 a task. Additionally, the REST API returns a URL to the task deletion operation. To stop the task execution, send the DELETE /task/{ID} request to the URL.

The task is created to start a cloud failover session. To track the status of the operation, send the GET /tasks/{ID} request.

The task with the Finished state contains a link to an entity representation of the cloud failover session. To track the session state, send the GET /cloud/failoverSessions/{ID} request.

Example

The example below starts a cloud failover plan that has ID e7ca6822-a87f-443d-8aae-8005970543bf and fails over VMs to their latest restore points.

Request:

POST https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/cloudFailoverPlans/e7ca6822-a87f-443d-8aae-8005970543bf?action=start

 

Request Headers:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj
Content-Type         application/xml

 

Request Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CloudFailoverPlanManagementSpec xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 <StartNow>true</StartNow>
</CloudFailoverPlanManagementSpec>

 

Response:

202 Accepted

 

Response Body:

<Task xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="Task" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/tasks/task-1">
 <Links>
   <Link Rel="Delete" Type="Task" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/tasks/task-1" />
 </Links>
 <TaskId>task-1</TaskId>
 <State>Running</State>
 <Operation>StartCloudFailoverPlan</Operation>
</Task>

To track the state of the received task, send the GET HTTP request to the URL of the task resource:

Request:

GET https://localhost:9398/api/tasks/task-1

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

<Task xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="Task" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/tasks/task-1">
 <Links>
   <Link Rel="Delete" Type="Task" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/tasks/task-1" />
   <Link Rel="Related" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/failoverSessions/a986d473-0248-4884-9832-17ec982ee393?format=Entity" Name="ABC Company Failover Plan" Type="CloudFailoverSession"/>
 </Links>
 <TaskId>task-1</TaskId>
 <State>Finished</State>
 <Operation>StartCloudFailoverPlan</Operation>
 <Result Success="true">
   <Message>Ok</Message>
 </Result>
</Task>

To track the state of the received cloud failover session, send the GET HTTP request to the session URL:

Request:

GET https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/failoverSessions/a986d473-0248-4884-9832-17ec982ee393?format=Entity

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

<CloudFailoverSession xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="CloudFailoverSession" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/failoverSessions/a986d473-0248-4884-9832-17ec982ee393?format=Entity" Name="ABC Company Failover Plan" UID="urn:veeam:CloudFailoverSession:a986d473-0248-4884-9832-17ec982ee393">
 <Links>
   <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupServers/4ceb4e03-d23d-4c4e-be05-21580b260243" Name="srv13.tech.local" />
   <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="CloudFailoverSessionReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/failoverSessions/a986d473-0248-4884-9832-17ec982ee393" Name="ABC Company Failover Plan" />
 </Links>
 <JobType>FailoverPlan</JobType>
 <CreationTimeUTC>2020-05-06T20:29:45.077Z</CreationTimeUTC>
 <State>Working</State>
 <Result>None</Result>
 <Progress>0</Progress>
 <CloudFailoverTasks>
   <CloudFailoverTasks VmName="filesrv03">
     <VmReplicaPointLink Rel="Related" Type="CloudVmReplicaPointReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/vmReplicaPoints/c1beab6b-2b18-47f1-9e71-354ab8a49fc2" Name="filesrv03@2020-02-13 05:00:46" />
     <CreationTimeUTC>2020-05-06T20:29:50.13Z</CreationTimeUTC>
     <State>Working</State>
     <Result>None</Result>
     <Progress>0</Progress>
   </CloudFailoverTasks>
   <CloudFailoverTasks VmName="filesrv04">
     <VmReplicaPointLink Rel="Related" Type="CloudVmReplicaPointReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/cloud/vmReplicaPoints/796cbc20-c2be-4acf-bc1a-4e1e32d7df46" Name="filesrv04@2020-02-13 06:02:20" />
     <CreationTimeUTC>2020-05-06T20:29:50.14Z</CreationTimeUTC>
     <State>Starting</State>
     <Result>None</Result>
     <Progress>0</Progress>
   </CloudFailoverTasks>
 </CloudFailoverTasks>
</CloudFailoverSession>