GET /jobs/{ID}

Returns a resource representation of the job resource having the specified ID.

Supported Platforms

The request is supported for the following platforms:

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

Request

To get a resource representation of the job, send the GET HTTP request to the URL of the /jobs/{ID} resource.

HTTP Request

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

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 /jobs/{ID} resource. The resource entity contains the following parameters and links.

Parameters

Element

Type

Description

UID

UidType

UID of the job, for example: urn:veeam:Job:da736815-4fea-4c8e-b0e1-5ecdbca1c512.

Name

String

Name of the job, for example: DC Replication.

JobType

String

Job type. Possible values:

  • Backup — backup job
  • BackupCopy — periodic backup copy job
  • ImmediateBackupCopy — immediate backup copy job
  • Replica — replication job

Platform

String

Platform for which the job is created. Possible values:

  • VMware
  • Hyperv
  • vCloud

Description

String

Description of the job specified at the time of the job creation.

ScheduleConfigured

Boolean

Defines whether scheduling options are specified for the job. Possible values:

  • True
  • False

ScheduleEnabled

Boolean

Defines whether schedule is enabled for the job. Possible values:

  • True
  • False

NextRun

DateTime

Date and time of the next job run. The parameter accepts only UTC-formatted DateTime values.

Note that this parameter can be used for scheduled jobs only.

JobScheduleOptions

ScheduleOptionsInfoType

Options that define the schedule by which the job runs. For details, see Job Scheduling Options.

JobInfo

Object that includes one of the following complex objects depending on the job type:

  • BackupJobInfo
  • ReplicaJobInfo
  • BackupCopyJobInfo
  • ImmediateBackupCopyJobInfo

For details, see Job Info.

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

Links

Reference

Relationship

Description

/backupServers/{ID}

Up

URL of the /backupServers/{ID} resource — a backup server where the job was configured.

/jobs/{ID}

Alternate

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

/jobs/{ID}

Edit

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

/jobs/{ID}?action=start

Start

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}?action=start request. It's available for backup and replication jobs.

/jobs/{ID}?action=sync

Sync

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}?action=sync request. It's available for backup copy jobs only.

/jobs/{ID}?action=stop

Stop

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}?action=stop request.

/jobs/{ID}?action=retry

Retry

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}?action=retry request.

/jobs/{ID}?action=clone

Clone

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}?action=clone request.

/jobs/{ID}?action=toggleScheduleEnabled

ToggleScheduleEnabled

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}?action=toggleScheduleEnabled request.

/jobs/{ID}/includes

Down

URL of the /jobs/{ID}/includes resource — a collection of VMs and VM containers processed by the job.

/jobs/{ID}/includes

Create

URL for the POST /jobs/{ID}/includes request.

/jobs/{ID}/backupSessions

Down

URL of the /jobs/{ID}/includes resource — a collection of backup job sessions initiated for the job.

Example

The example below returns an entity resource representation of the job having ID 5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e.

Request:

GET https://localhost:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?format=Entity

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

<Job xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="Job" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?format=Entity" Name="DB Backup" UID="urn:veeam:Job:5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e">
 <Links>
   <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/backupServers/d1444f74-27e6-4399-81a9-d28ba98913f0" Name="srv12.tech.local" />
   <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="JobReference" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e" Name="DB Backup" />
   <Link Rel="Edit" Type="JobReference" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e" Name="DB Backup" />
   <Link Rel="Clone" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?action=clone" />
   <Link Rel="ToggleScheduleEnabled" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?action=toggleScheduleEnabled" />
   <Link Rel="Down" Type="ObjectInJobList" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e/includes" />
   <Link Rel="Down" Type="BackupJobSessionReferenceList" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e/backupSessions" />
   <Link Rel="Create" Type="ObjectInJob" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e/includes" />
   <Link Rel="Start" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?action=start" />
   <Link Rel="Stop" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?action=stop" />
   <Link Rel="Retry" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e?action=retry" />
 </Links>
 <JobType>Backup</JobType>
 <Platform>HyperV</Platform>
 <Description>Backup of MS SQL Server DB</Description>
 <ScheduleConfigured>true</ScheduleConfigured>
 <ScheduleEnabled>true</ScheduleEnabled>
 <NextRun>2020-02-01T17:00:00Z</NextRun>
 <JobScheduleOptions>
   <Standart>
     <RetryOptions>
       <RetryTimes>3</RetryTimes>
       <RetryTimeout>10</RetryTimeout>
       <RetrySpecified>true</RetrySpecified>
     </RetryOptions>
     <WaitForBackupCompletion>true</WaitForBackupCompletion>
     <BackupCompetitionWaitingPeriodMin>180</BackupCompetitionWaitingPeriodMin>
     <OptionsDaily Enabled="true">
       <Kind>Everyday</Kind>
       <Days>Sunday</Days>
       <Days>Monday</Days>
       <Days>Tuesday</Days>
       <Days>Wednesday</Days>
       <Days>Thursday</Days>
       <Days>Friday</Days>
       <Days>Saturday</Days>
       <Time>18:00:00.0000000+01:00</Time>
       <TimeOffsetUtc>1</TimeOffsetUtc>
     </OptionsDaily>
     <OptionsMonthly Enabled="false">
       <Time>22:00:00.0000000+01:00</Time>
       <TimeOffsetUtc>1</TimeOffsetUtc>
       <DayNumberInMonth>Fourth</DayNumberInMonth>
       <DayOfWeek>Saturday</DayOfWeek>
       <Months>January</Months>
       <Months>February</Months>
       <Months>March</Months>
       <Months>April</Months>
       <Months>May</Months>
       <Months>June</Months>
       <Months>July</Months>
       <Months>August</Months>
       <Months>September</Months>
       <Months>October</Months>
       <Months>November</Months>
       <Months>December</Months>
       <DayOfMonth>1</DayOfMonth>
     </OptionsMonthly>
     <OptionsPeriodically Enabled="false">
       <Kind>Hours</Kind>
       <FullPeriod>1</FullPeriod>
       <Schedule>
         <Day Name="Sunday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Monday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Tuesday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Wednesday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Thursday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Friday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Saturday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
       </Schedule>
     </OptionsPeriodically>
     <OptionsContinuous Enabled="false">
       <Schedule>
         <Day Name="Sunday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Monday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Tuesday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Wednesday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Thursday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Friday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Saturday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
       </Schedule>
     </OptionsContinuous>
     <OptionsBackupWindow Enabled="false">
       <TimePeriods>
         <Day Name="Sunday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Monday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Tuesday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Wednesday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Thursday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Friday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
         <Day Name="Saturday">1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1</Day>
       </TimePeriods>
     </OptionsBackupWindow>
     <OptionsDaisyChaining Enabled="false">
       <PreviousJobUid />
     </OptionsDaisyChaining>
   </Standart>
 </JobScheduleOptions>
 <JobInfo>
   <BackupJobInfo>
     <Includes>
       <ObjectInJob Type="ObjectInJob" Href="https://srv12.tech.local:9398/api/jobs/5658281f-625e-4627-89dd-d2a0c48be99e/includes/0493ea16-2c1f-4d02-b74b-994bd438b89a">
         <ObjectInJobId>0493ea16-2c1f-4d02-b74b-994bd438b89a</ObjectInJobId>
         <HierarchyObjRef>urn:HyperV:Vm:8e7fef9f-87a8-48b4-bed1-632c3035a1a1.020aa5ab-3523-4946-b658-b8ad5b372439</HierarchyObjRef>
         <Name>sqlsrv03</Name>
         <DisplayName>sqlsrv03</DisplayName>
         <GuestProcessingOptions>
           <VssSnapshotOptions>
             <VssSnapshotMode>RequireSuccess</VssSnapshotMode>
             <IsCopyOnly>false</IsCopyOnly>
             <UsePersistentGuestAgent>false</UsePersistentGuestAgent>
           </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>Backup</TransactionLogsProcessing>
             <BackupLogsFrequencyMin>60</BackupLogsFrequencyMin>
             <UseDbBackupRetention>false</UseDbBackupRetention>
             <RetainDays>5</RetainDays>
           </SqlBackupOptions>
           <WindowsCredentialsId />
           <LinuxCredentialsId />
         </GuestProcessingOptions>
       </ObjectInJob>
     </Includes>
     <GuestProcessingOptions>
       <VssSnapshotOptions>
         <VssSnapshotMode>RequireSuccess</VssSnapshotMode>
         <IsCopyOnly>false</IsCopyOnly>
       </VssSnapshotOptions>
       <WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
         <FileSystemIndexingMode>EveryFolders</FileSystemIndexingMode>
         <IncludedIndexingFolders />
         <ExcludedIndexingFolders />
       </WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
       <LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
         <FileSystemIndexingMode>ExceptSpecifiedFolders</FileSystemIndexingMode>
         <IncludedIndexingFolders />
         <ExcludedIndexingFolders />
       </LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
       <SqlBackupOptions>
         <TransactionLogsProcessing>OnlyOnSuccessJob</TransactionLogsProcessing>
         <BackupLogsFrequencyMin>15</BackupLogsFrequencyMin>
         <UseDbBackupRetention>true</UseDbBackupRetention>
         <RetainDays>15</RetainDays>
       </SqlBackupOptions>
       <WindowsCredentialsId>7255bb17-aa93-44d0-9a24-00b9cd1da6c4</WindowsCredentialsId>
       <LinuxCredentialsId />
     </GuestProcessingOptions>
     <AdvancedStorageOptions>
       <PasswordKeyId>3d152e9d-a473-4990-bc2f-27710833ba20</PasswordKeyId>
     </AdvancedStorageOptions>
     <GfsRetentionPolicy Enabled="true">
       <Weekly>
         <Enabled>true</Enabled>
         <RetentionPeriod>2</RetentionPeriod>
         <SelectedDay>Sunday</SelectedDay>
       </Weekly>
       <Monthly>
         <Enabled>true</Enabled>
         <RetentionPeriod>3</RetentionPeriod>
         <SelectedWeek>First</SelectedWeek>
       </Monthly>
       <Yearly>
         <Enabled>true</Enabled>
         <RetentionPeriod>1</RetentionPeriod>
         <SelectedMonth>January</SelectedMonth>
       </Yearly>
     </GfsRetentionPolicy>
     <SimpleRetentionPolicy>
       <RetainCycles>5</RetainCycles>
       <RetainDaysToKeep>7</RetainDaysToKeep>
       <RetainLimitType>Cycles</RetainLimitType>
     </SimpleRetentionPolicy>
   </BackupJobInfo>
 </JobInfo>
</Job>