Getting Backup Jobs

In this article

You can get a resource representation of a backup job with the specified ID.

Request

GET https://<hostname>:4443/v6/Jobs/{jobId}

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Parameters

The following parameter must be specified in the URL of the request:

Parameter	Type	Description
jobId	string	Specifies the identification number of the backup job. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Backup Jobs.

Request Body

None.

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 OK.

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header	Description
Content-length	The length of the response body.
Content-type	The media type and syntax of the response body message: application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

The response body contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
id	string	Specifies the backup job ID.
name	string	Specifies a name of the backup job.
repositoryId	string	Specifies the backup repository ID.
description	string	Specifies a description of the backup job.
lastStatus	string	Specifies the latest status of the backup job. The following values are available: Stopped Running Success Warning Failed Disconnected NotConfigured Queued
lastRun	UTC	Specifies the time of the last run of the backup job.
nextRun	UTC	Specifies the time of the next run of the backup job per schedule.
isEnabled	boolean	If set to true, indicates that the backup job is enabled.
backupType	string	Specifies the backup job type. The following types are available: SelectedItems EntireOrganization
schedulePolicy	schedulePolicy	Specifies the backup job scheduling options.
runNow	boolean	If set to true, indicates that the job will run right after it is created.
_links	Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]	Links to related resources (navigation property).

schedulePolicy

The backup job schedule policy has the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
type	string	Specifies the backup job schedule type. The following types are available: Daily. The backup job runs on specific days. Periodically. The backup job runs repeatedly throughout a day with a specific time interval. ManualOnly. The backup job runs manually.
dailyType	string	Specifies the days when the backup job will run. The following values are available: Everyday Weekends Workdays Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
dailyTime	UTC	Specifies the time to start the backup job.
periodicallyEvery	string	Specifies the time interval between the job runs. The following values are available: Minutes5 Minutes10 Minutes15 Minutes30 Hours1 Hours2 Hours4 Hours8
backupWindowEnabled	boolean	If set to true, indicates that a backup window feature is enabled for this job.
scheduleEnabled	boolean	If set to true, indicates that a schedule feature is enabled for this job. Use this property only with the periodicallyEvery property and the time interval specified in hours.
backupWindowSettings	backupWindowSettings	Specifies the settings of the job backup window. A backup window is a time period within which the backup job must be completed.
periodicallyWindowSettings	periodicallyWindowSettings	Specifies allowed and prohibited hours for the backup job to run. Use this property only with the periodicallyEvery property and the time interval specified in hours.
periodicallyOffsetMinutes	integer	Specifies a number of minutes for which you want to shift starting of the backup job within an hour if several backup jobs are scheduled to be started simultaneously. Use this property only with the periodicallyEvery property and the time interval specified in hours.
retryEnabled	boolean	If set to true, indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will attempt to restart a backup job if it fails for some reason.
retryNumber	integer	Specifies the number of attempts to run the backup job.
retryWaitInterval	integer	Specifies the time intervals between the backup job retry attempts (in minutes).

backupWindowSettings

A backup window is a time period within which the backup job must be completed. The backup window has the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
backupWindow	boolean[]	Defines an hourly scheme for the backup window. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean elements. These elements can be logically divided into 7 groups by 24. Each group represents a day of the week starting from Sunday. Each element represents a backup hour: true — the allowed backup hour false — the prohibited backup hour
minuteOffset	integer	Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time.

Property

Type

Description

backupWindow

boolean[]

Defines an hourly scheme for the backup window. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean elements. These elements can be logically divided into 7 groups by 24. Each group represents a day of the week starting from Sunday. Each element represents a backup hour:

true — the allowed backup hour
false — the prohibited backup hour

minuteOffset

integer

Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time.

periodicallyWindowSettings

For the backup job that runs periodically every N hours, the schedule has the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
backupWindow	boolean[]	Defines an hourly scheme for the backup job to run. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean elements. These elements can be logically divided into 7 groups by 24. Each group represents a day of the week starting from Sunday. Each element represents a backup hour: true — the allowed backup hour false — the prohibited backup hour
minuteOffset	integer	Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time.

Property

Type

Description

backupWindow

boolean[]

Defines an hourly scheme for the backup job to run. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean elements. These elements can be logically divided into 7 groups by 24. Each group represents a day of the week starting from Sunday. Each element represents a backup hour:

true — the allowed backup hour
false — the prohibited backup hour

minuteOffset

integer

Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time.

Example

The example returns a resource representation of the backup job with the ID b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504.

Request:

GET https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/Jobs/b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Response:

200 OK

Response Body:

{

"description": "",

"backupType": "SelectedItems",

"schedulePolicy": {

"scheduleEnabled": true,

"backupWindowEnabled": true,

"backupWindowSettings": {

"backupWindow": [

true,

...

true,

true

"minuteOffset": 0

"periodicallyWindowSettings": {

"backupWindow": [

false,

true,

...

true,

true

"minuteOffset": 0

"periodicallyOffsetMinutes": 5,

"type": "Periodically",

"periodicallyEvery": "Hours2",

"retryEnabled": true,

"retryNumber": 3,

"retryWaitInterval": 10

"id": "b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504",

"repositoryId": "5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de",

"name": "Backup1",

"lastRun": "2022-01-11T13:54:47.3621792Z",

"nextRun": "2022-01-20T22:05:00Z",

"isEnabled": true,

"lastStatus": "Success",

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "v6/jobs/b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504"

"copyJob": {

"href": "v6/jobs/b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504/copyJob"

"organization": {

"href": "v6/organizations/e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b"

"backupRepository": {

"href": "v6/backuprepositories/5f7c94d0-c339-46f1-9b0f-2b9763ba83de"

"jobsessions": {

"href": "v6/jobs/b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504/jobsessions"

"excludedItems": {

"href": "v6/jobs/b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504/excludedItems"

"selectedItems": {

"href": "v6/jobs/b7c1cc0b-2b3c-4096-9ba1-2d665b4ae504/selectedItems"

}