GET /query?type=RestoreSession

Returns a collection of restore sessions performed on backup servers connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. For details, see /restoreSessions.

Request

To get a list of restore sessions, send the GET HTTP request to the query with the type parameter set to RestoreSession.

HTTP Request

GET https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/query?type=RestoreSession

Request Headers

The request contains the following headers:

Request 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.

Optional Parameters

In the query, you can use the following parameters for filtering and sorting.

Optional Parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
UID	UidType	UID of the restore session resource, for example: urn:veeam:RestoreSession:19d68dbb-0f96-431c-9e61-9f5342c41e7c.
Name	String	Name of the restore session resource, for example: sql02@2025-08-26 11:28:33.
Type	String	Type of the restore session. Possible values: FileLevelRestore RestoreVm
CreationTime	DateTime	Date and time when the restore session was started. The parameter accepts only UTC-formatted DateTime values, for example: 2025-08-14T12:31:30.389954Z.
EndTime	DateTime	Date and time when the restore session was ended. The parameter accepts only UTC-formatted DateTime values
State	String	State of the restore session. Possible values: Starting Stopping Working Stopped
Result	String	Result of the restore session. Possible values: Success Warning Failed
BackupServerUid	UidType	UID of the backup server parent to the restore session resource.
BackupServerName	String	Name of the backup server parent to the restore session resource.
VmDisplayName	String	Name of the VM for which the restore session has been started.

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.

Response 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 a representation of the /restoreSessions resource collection.

Example

The example below returns an entity resource representation of a collection of restore sessions started for the virt03-ubuntu01 VM.

Request:

GET https://localhost:9398/api/query?type=RestoreSession&format=Entities&filter=VmDisplayName=="virt03-ubuntu01"

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

Response:

200 OK

Response Body:

<QueryResult xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0">
<Entities>
<RestoreSessions>
<RestoreSession Type="RestoreSession" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/restoreSessions/1ade3f6c-e85f-4d47-aef8-e29e72e6d535?format=Entity" Name="virt03-ubuntu01@2025-06-01 13:40:59" VmDisplayName="virt03-ubuntu01" UID="urn:veeam:RestoreSession:1ade3f6c-e85f-4d47-aef8-e29e72e6d535">
<Links>
<Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/backupServers/beda8585-1354-451c-afe2-646dcf42afa6" Name="backupsrv29.tech.local" />
<Link Rel="Alternate" Type="RestoreSessionReference" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/restoreSessions/1ade3f6c-e85f-4d47-aef8-e29e72e6d535" Name="virt03-ubuntu01@2025-06-01 13:40:59" />
</Links>
<JobType>Failover</JobType>
<CreationTimeUTC>2025-06-01T13:40:59.823Z</CreationTimeUTC>
<EndTimeUTC>2025-06-01T13:41:46.397Z</EndTimeUTC>
<State>Stopped</State>
<Result>Success</Result>
<Progress>0</Progress>
</RestoreSession>
</RestoreSessions>
</Entities>
<PagingInfo PagesCount="1" PageSize="100" PageNum="1">
<Links>
<Link Rel="First" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/query?type=RestoreSession&format=Entities&filter=VmDisplayName=="virt03-ubuntu01"&pageSize=100&page=1" />
<Link Rel="Last" Href="https://localhost:9398/api/query?type=RestoreSession&format=Entities&filter=VmDisplayName=="virt03-ubuntu01"&pageSize=100&page=1" />
</Links>
</PagingInfo>
</QueryResult>