Creating Retrieval Jobs

In this article

You can create a retrieval job.

Creating Retrieval Jobs Note

You must create individual retrieval jobs for different types of objects whose backed-up data you want to retrieve.

Request

POST https://<hostname>:4443/v6/DataRetrievals

Request Headers

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

Request Parameters

None.

Request Body

The request body must contain the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
name	string	Specifies a name of the retrieval job.
description	string	Specifies a description of the retrieval job.
organizationId	string	Specifies the backed-up organization unique ID.
repositoryId	string	Specifies the backup repository extended with an archive object storage ID.
amazonS3GlacierRetrievalPolicy	string	Specifies the retrieval policy for Amazon S3 Glacier and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive object storage. The following values are available: Expedited Standard Bulk
azureArchiveRetrievalPolicy	string	Specifies the retrieval policy for Azure Archive Storage. The following values are available: StandardPriority HighPriority
pointInTime	UTC	Specifies point in time that you want to retrieve from a backup repository extended with an archive object storage.
availabilityPeriodDays	integer	Specifies how many days you will be able to explore and restore the retrieved data using Veeam Explorers.
enableExpirationNotification	boolean	If set to true, indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 sends a notification by email before the retrieved data expires.
expirationHoursThreshold	integer	Specifies how many hours should remain before the retrieved data expires to send a notification by email. Use this property only with the enableExpirationNotification property.
showDeleted	boolean	Defines if the data retrieval session will show items that have been removed by the user before the specified point in time.
showAllVersions	boolean	Defines if the data retrieval session will show all versions of items that have been modified by the user before the specified point in time.
mailboxes	mailbox[]	Accepts IDs of mailboxes whose backed-up data you want to retrieve from an archive. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting Mailbox Data by Repository ID.
oneDrives	oneDrive[]	Accepts IDs of OneDrives whose backed-up data you want to retrieve from an archive. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting OneDrive Data by Repository ID.
sites	site[]	Accepts IDs of SharePoint sites whose backed-up data you want to retrieve from an archive. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting SharePoint Data by Repository ID.
teams	team[]	Accepts IDs of teams whose backed-up data you want to retrieve from an archive. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting Teams Data by Repository ID.

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 201 Created.

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

In the response body, the server returns a resource representation of the /DataRetrievals/{dataRetrievalId} resource. For more information, see Getting Retrieval Jobs.

Example

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/DataRetrievals

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"name": "OneDrive Data Retrieval",

"description": "for OneDrives",

"organizationId": "abc.onmicrosoft.com:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

"repositoryId": "79f3e494-4991-4dd5-b6fa-f1cf8c421265",

"pointInTime": "2022-01-28T18:07:10.594Z",

"showDeleted": true,

"showAllVersions": true,

"availabilityPeriodDays": 10,

"enableExpirationNotification": true,

"expirationHoursThreshold": 5,

"oneDrives": [

{

"id": "18113f79-5344-43bf-962c-44dfdd4160db70e7bee3-08ea-48ac-ba1a-16863f06e1e2",

{

"id": "2bba7ec6-4711-4ad8-8c43-335abee74d313a8f02b1-4f00-4123-9067-3fb7e71177b4",

}

"amazonS3GlacierRetrievalPolicy": "Expedited"

}

Response:

201 Created

Response Body:

{

"name": "OneDrive Data Retrieval",

"description": "for OneDrives",

"storageType": "AmazonS3Glacier",

"amazonS3GlacierRetrievalPolicy": "Expedited",

"id": "3136489d-4290-4e88-a013-d0f36f4ffe72",

"pointInTime": "2022-01-28T18:07:10.594Z",

"organizationId": "e60dfb9c-ac58-4463-879f-9855ac35576b",

"organizationUniqueId": "abc.onmicrosoft.com:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

"proxyId": "89e8c35e-6c73-4f46-a37d-b365e513f7c6",

"repositoryId": "79f3e494-4991-4dd5-b6fa-f1cf8c421265",

"dataState": "Retrieving",

"lastStatus": "Running",

"startTime": "2022-01-28T19:28:52.2270824Z",

"enableExpirationNotification": true,

"expirationHoursThreshold": 5,

"type": "OneDrive",

"showDeleted": true,

"showAllVersions": true,

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "v6/dataRetrievals/3136489d-4290-4e88-a013-d0f36f4ffe72"

"organization": {

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

"proxy": {

"href": "v6/proxies/89e8c35e-6c73-4f46-a37d-b365e513f7c6"

"backupRepository": {

"href": "v6/backuprepositories/79f3e494-4991-4dd5-b6fa-f1cf8c421265"

"onedrives": {

"href": "v6/dataRetrievals/3136489d-4290-4e88-a013-d0f36f4ffe72/onedrives"

}

"_actions": {

"update": {

"uri": "v6/dataRetrievals/3136489d-4290-4e88-a013-d0f36f4ffe72",

"method": "PUT"

}