Editing Backup Job Settings
This section explains how to edit a backup job with the specified ID.
Request
PUT https://<hostname>:4443/v5/Jobs/{jobId} |
Request Headers
The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.
Request Parameters
The following parameters must be posted as URL.
Parameter | Type | Description |
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jobId | string | An identification number of the backup job. |
Request Body
The following table lists request parameters.
Property | Type | Description |
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Name | string | Specifies the name of the backup job. |
Description | string | Specifies the description of the backup job. |
BackupType | backupType | Specifies the type of the backup job:
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SchedulePolicy | Specifies the backup job scheduling options. | |
ProxyId | string | Specifies the ID of the backup proxy. |
RepositoryId | string | Specifies the ID of the repository where the backups will be stored. |
RunNow | boolean | If set to True, the job will run right after it is created. |
Specify the properties listed below for the backup job schedule.
Mind that the Type property must be specified if you want to enter the new values for the DailyType, DailyTime or PeriodicallyEvery properties.
Property | Type | Description |
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Type | string | Specifies the job schedule type:
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DailyType | string | Specifies the days when the backup job will run:
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DailyTime | UTC | Specifies the time when the job will start. |
PeriodicallyEvery | string | Specifies the time interval between the job runs:
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BackupWindowEnabled | boolean | If set to True, indicates that a backup window feature is enabled for this job. |
BackupWindow | Specifies the job's backup window settings. A backup window is a time period within which the job must be completed. | |
RetryEnabled | boolean | If set to True, indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will attempt to restart a backup job if it fails for some reason. |
RetryNumber | int | Specifies the number of attempts to run the backup job. |
RetryWait | int | Specifies the time intervals between the job retry attempts (minutes). |
For example:
"schedulePolicy": { "type": "Daily", "dailyType": "Sunday", "dailyTime": "18:00:00", "backupWindowEnabled": true, "backupWindowSettings": { "backupWindow": [ true, .. ], }, "retryEnabled": "true", "retryNumber": 3, "retryWaitInterval": 10 } |
Specify the following property for the job's backup window:
Property | Type | Description |
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BackupWindow | boolean | Specifies an hourly scheme for the backup window. The scheduling scheme consists of 168 boolean type 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:
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MinuteOffset | int | Specifies the current minute offset from the UTC time. |
For example:
"backupWindowSettings": { "backupWindow": [ true, true, true, .. ], } |
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 |
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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
None.
Example
The example below shows how to exclude mailboxes from the scope of a backup job with ID 70a8cbaf-642f-4c6f-934d-fb10e597a82a.
Request: PUT https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/Jobs/70a8cbaf-642f-4c6f-934d-fb10e597a82a
Request Header: Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>
Request Body: { "id": "e1714f5b-e51b-496b-9e46-e7bf979aa6d6", "name": "test_job", "description": "", "lastRun": "2017-06-06T15:18:22.6664413Z", "nextRun": "2017-06-13T15:00:00Z", "isEnabled": true, "backupType": "SelectedItems", "lastStatus": "Success", "schedulePolicy": { "backupWindowEnabled": true, "backupWindowSettings": { "backupWindow": [ true, true, true, .. ], "minuteOffset": 0 }, "type": "Daily", "dailyType": "Wednesday", "dailyTime": "08:00:00", "retryEnabled": true, "retryNumber": 3, "retryWaitInterval": 10 }, "proxyId": "5a905bb5-9071-433c-9d2f-f805d4da2cf4", "repositoryId": "a740fb93-4de8-4de4-977e-765dd092748f", "RunNow": "true" }
Response: 200 OK |