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

Triggers the undo failover operation for all VMs added to the cloud failover plan that has the specified ID.

Request

To perform the undo failover operation, send the POST HTTP request to the /cloud/cloudFailoverPlans/{ID}?action=undo URL.

HTTP Request

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

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 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 that has been created to perform the requested operation. To track the status of the operation, send the GET /tasks/{ID} request.

The task resource also contains a link to the task deletion operation. To stop the task execution, send the DELETE /task/{ID} request to the URL in the link.

Example

The example below triggers the undo failover operation for the cloud failover plan that has ID e7ca6822-a87f-443d-8aae-8005970543bf.

Request:

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

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

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>UndoCloudFailoverPlan</Operation>
</Task>

To track the status of the operation, send the GET HTTP request to the URL of the received 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" />
 </Links>
 <TaskId>task-1</TaskId>
 <State>Finished</State>
 <Operation>UndoCloudFailoverPlan</Operation>
 <Result Success="true">
   <Message>Ok</Message>
 </Result>
</Task>