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RESTful API Reference

(GET) /jobs/{ID}

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

Request

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

HTTP Request

GET http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/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. 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 job, for example: urn:veeam:Job:da736815-4fea-4c8e-b0e1-5ecdbca1c512.

True

True

Name

String

Name of the job, for example: DC Replication.

True

True

Description

String

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

True

True

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.

True

True

JobType

String

Job type. Possible values:

  • Backup
  • BackupCopy
  • Replica

True

True

Platform

String

Platform for which the job is created. Possible values:

  • VMware
  • Hyperv
  • vCloud

True

True

ScheduleConfigured

Boolean

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

  • True
  • False

True

True

ScheduleEnabled

Boolean

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

  • True
  • False

True

True

BackupServerUid

URN

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

True

True

BackupServerName

String

Name of the Veeam backup server parent to the job 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 /jobs/{ID} resource.

Example

The example below returns an entity resource representation of the job having ID 78c3919c-54d7-43fe-b047-485d3566f11f.

Request:

GET http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/78c3919c-54d7-43fe-b047-485d3566f11f?format=Entity

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

Response:

200 Success

 

Response Body:

<Job xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="Job" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720?format=Entity" Name="Oracle Backup" UID="urn:veeam:Job:da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720">
 <Links>
   <Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/ce15a8c7-aa49-495e-b05b-ee3398c91018" Name="srv02.veeam.local" />
   <Link Rel="Alternate" Type="JobReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720" Name="Oracle Backup" />
   <Link Rel="Down" Type="BackupJobSessionReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720/backupSessions" />
   <Link Rel="Down" Type="ObjectInJobList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720/includes" />
   <Link Rel="Edit" Type="JobReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720" Name="Oracle Backup" />
   <Link Rel="Create" Type="ObjectInJob" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720/includes" />
   <Link Rel="Start" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720?action=start" />
   <Link Rel="Stop" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720?action=stop" />
   <Link Rel="Retry" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720?action=retry" />
   <Link Rel="Clone" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720?action=clone" />
   <Link Rel="ToggleScheduleEnabled" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720?action=toggleScheduleEnabled" />
 </Links>
 <JobType>Backup</JobType>
 <Platform>VMware</Platform>
 <Description>Created by SRV02\Administrator at 10/9/2014 12:05 AM.</Description>
 <ScheduleConfigured>false</ScheduleConfigured>
 <ScheduleEnabled>true</ScheduleEnabled>
 <JobScheduleOptions>
   <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>22:00:00.0000000-07:00</Time>
   </OptionsDaily>
   <OptionsMonthly Enabled="false">
     <Time>22:00:00.0000000-07:00</Time>
     <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>
   </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" />
   <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>
 </JobScheduleOptions>
 <JobInfo>
   <BackupJobInfo>
     <Includes>
       <ObjectInJob Type="ObjectInJob" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/jobs/da4a15c2-04e7-4135-b876-577249d3d720/includes/83071dc0-44f2-49b6-b431-1cb79ed66639">
         <ObjectInJobId>83071dc0-44f2-49b6-b431-1cb79ed66639</ObjectInJobId>
         <HierarchyObjRef>urn:VMware:Vm:ca2f751f-8f26-4f39-815e-ce493b61fd80.20</HierarchyObjRef>
         <Name>oracle</Name>
         <DisplayName>oracle</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>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</WindowsCredentialsId>
           <LinuxCredentialsId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</LinuxCredentialsId>
         </GuestProcessingOptions>
       </ObjectInJob>
     </Includes>
     <GuestProcessingOptions>
       <VssSnapshotOptions>
         <VssSnapshotMode>Disabled</VssSnapshotMode>
         <IsCopyOnly>false</IsCopyOnly>
       </VssSnapshotOptions>
       <WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
         <FileSystemIndexingMode>Disabled</FileSystemIndexingMode>
         <IncludedIndexingFolders />
         <ExcludedIndexingFolders />
       </WindowsGuestFSIndexingOptions>
       <LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
         <FileSystemIndexingMode>Disabled</FileSystemIndexingMode>
         <IncludedIndexingFolders />
         <ExcludedIndexingFolders />
       </LinuxGuestFSIndexingOptions>
       <SqlBackupOptions>
         <TransactionLogsProcessing>OnlyOnSuccessJob</TransactionLogsProcessing>
         <BackupLogsFrequencyMin>15</BackupLogsFrequencyMin>
         <UseDbBackupRetention>true</UseDbBackupRetention>
         <RetainDays>15</RetainDays>
       </SqlBackupOptions>
       <WindowsCredentialsId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</WindowsCredentialsId>
       <LinuxCredentialsId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</LinuxCredentialsId>
     </GuestProcessingOptions>
     <AdvancedStorageOptions>
       <PasswordKeyId>3b39fed1-c9e8-46bf-be7e-2a096a210341</PasswordKeyId>
     </AdvancedStorageOptions>
   </BackupJobInfo>
 </JobInfo>
</Job>

 

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