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RESTful API Reference

(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 Veeam backup server connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

Request

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

HTTP Request

GET http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/api/backupFiles/{ID}

or

GET http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/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. To learn more, see Authentication and Security.

Request Body

None.

Query Parameters

The following parameters can be used in queries.

Parameter

Type

Description

Can Be Used for Filtering

Can Be Used for Sorting

Uid

URN

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

True

True

Name

String

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

True

True

CreationTimeUTC

DateTime

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

True

True

BackupSize

Long

Size of the backup file (in bytes).

True

True

DataSize

Long

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

True

True

CompressRatio

Double

Data compression ratio.

True

True

FileType

String

Type of the backup file. Possible values:

  • vbk
  • vib
  • vrb

True

True

BackupUid

URN

ID of the VM backup parent to the backup file resource.

True

True

BackupName

String

Name of the backup parent to the backup file resource.

True

True

BackupServerUid

URN

ID of the Veeam backup server parent to the backup file resource.

True

True

BackupServerName

String

Name of the Veeam backup server parent to the backup file resource.

True

True

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns response code 200 Success.

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: application/xml.

Response Body

In the response body, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager returns a representation of the /backupFiles/{ID} resource.

Example

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

Request:

GET http://localhost:9399/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 Success

 

Response Body:

<BackupFile xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="BackupFile" Href="http://localhost:9399/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="http://localhost:9399/api/backups/80672bda-76a8-408b-947f-afd0ff67fba6" Name="Webserver Backup Copy" />
   <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/99f01406-ecdc-428f-ae09-a13de244140a" Name="172.17.53.1" />
   <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="BackupFileReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4" Name="Webserver Backup CopyD2016-09-20T000000.vbk" />
   <Link Rel="Related" Type="BackupFileReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupFiles/6ed26dc7-cc9e-4a89-9226-1ed9996fb1f4/restorePoints" />
   <Link Rel="Down" Type="VmRestorePointReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/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>

 

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