Prism Centrals

The /prismCentrals resource collection represents all Nutanix AHV Prism Centrals connected to the backup server and VMs residing in the clusters registered with those Prism Centrals.

Get Collection of Nutanix AHV Prism Centrals

The HTTP GET request to the /prismCentrals endpoint retrieves information on Nutanix AHV Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

SecurityBearer
Responses
200

OK

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

get/api/v8/prismCentrals
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Response samples
application/json
[
  • {
    }
]

Add New Nutanix AHV Prism Central

The HTTP POST request to the /prismCentrals endpoint adds a Nutanix AHV Prism Central to the Veeam Backup & Replication configuration database.

SecurityBearer
Request
Request Body schema: application/json
required

Prism Central Data Object

description
string

Description of the Prism Central

address
string

IP address or hostname of the Prism Central

port
integer <int32> [ 0 .. 65535 ]

Port used to access the Prism Central

userName
write-only
string or null

Username of an administrator account used to access the Prism Central

password
write-only
string or null <password>

Password of an administrator account used to access the Prism Central

certificateThumbprint
string or null

Certificate thumbprint

credentialsTag
string or null

ID of credentials added to the Credentials Manager in Veeam Backup & Replication.

Responses
201

Created

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

post/api/v8/prismCentrals
Request samples
application/json
{
  • "description": "string",
  • "address": "string",
  • "port": 65535,
  • "userName": "string",
  • "password": "pa$$word",
  • "certificateThumbprint": "string",
  • "credentialsTag": "string"
}
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "sessionId": "f6567dd8-e069-418e-8893-7d22fcf12459"
}

Get Prism Central Data

The HTTP GET request to the /prismCentrals/{id} endpoint retrieves information on a Nutanix AHV Prism Central with the specified ID.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

Responses
200

OK

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

get/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}
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application/json
{
  • "settings": {
    },
  • "state": "Unknown",
  • "version": "string"
}

Modify Nutanix AHV Prism Central Settings

The HTTP PUT request to the /prismCentrals/{id} endpoint updates settings of a Prism Central with the specified ID added to the Veeam Backup & Replication configuration database.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

Request Body schema: application/json
required

Prism Central Data Object

description
string

Description of the Prism Central

address
string

IP address or hostname of the Prism Central

port
integer <int32> [ 0 .. 65535 ]

Port used to access the Prism Central

userName
write-only
string or null

Username of an administrator account used to access the Prism Central

password
write-only
string or null <password>

Password of an administrator account used to access the Prism Central

certificateThumbprint
string or null

Certificate thumbprint

credentialsTag
string or null

ID of credentials added to the Credentials Manager in Veeam Backup & Replication.

Responses
200

Ok

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

put/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}
Request samples
application/json
{
  • "description": "string",
  • "address": "string",
  • "port": 65535,
  • "userName": "string",
  • "password": "pa$$word",
  • "certificateThumbprint": "string",
  • "credentialsTag": "string"
}
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "sessionId": "f6567dd8-e069-418e-8893-7d22fcf12459"
}

Remove Nutanix AHV Prism Central

The HTTP DELETE request to the /prismCentrals/{id} endpoint removes a Nutanix AHV Prism Central with the specified ID from the Veeam Backup & Replication configuration database.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

Responses
200

Ok

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

delete/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}
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Response samples
application/json
{
  • "sessionId": "f6567dd8-e069-418e-8893-7d22fcf12459"
}

Rescan Prism Central

The HTTP POST request to the /prismCentrals/{id}/refreshAsync endpoint runs the infrastructure rescan operation for entities that belong to a Prism Central with the specified ID.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

Responses
202

Accepted

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

post/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}/refreshAsync
Request samples
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "sessionId": "f6567dd8-e069-418e-8893-7d22fcf12459"
}

Get Collection of Virtual Machines

The HTTP POST request to the prismCentrals/{id}/vms endpoint retrieves a list of all virtual machines residing on the clusters manged by a Prism Central with the specified ID.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

query Parameters
offset
integer <int32> >= 0
Default: 0

Excludes from a response the first N items of a resource collection.

limit
integer <int32> >= -1
Default: 100

Specifies the maximum number of items of a resource collection to return in a response.

write-only
Array of objects or null (FilterParameter)

Specifies the criteria for items to be returned in a response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Filter Parameters.

write-only
Array of objects or null (SortParameter)

Specifies the order of items in the response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Sort Parameter.

Responses
200

OK

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

get/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}/vms
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application/json
{
  • "offset": 0,
  • "limit": 0,
  • "totalCount": 0,
  • "results": [
    ]
}

Get Collection of Protection Domains

The HTTP GET requests to the /prismCentrals/{id}/protectionDomains endpoint retrieves a list of all protection domains configured in the Prism Central clusters.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

query Parameters
offset
integer <int32> >= 0
Default: 0

Excludes from a response the first N items of a resource collection.

limit
integer <int32> >= -1
Default: 100

Specifies the maximum number of items of a resource collection to return in a response.

write-only
Array of objects or null (FilterParameter)

Specifies the criteria for items to be returned in a response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Filter Parameters.

write-only
Array of objects or null (SortParameter)

Specifies the order of items in the response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Sort Parameters.

Responses
200

OK

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

get/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}/protectionDomains
Request samples
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "offset": 0,
  • "limit": 0,
  • "totalCount": 0,
  • "results": [
    ]
}

Get Collection of Volume Groups

The HTTP GET requests to the /prismCentrals/{id}/protectionDomains endpoint retrieves a list of all volume groups configured in the Prism Central clusters.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

query Parameters
offset
integer <int32> >= 0
Default: 0

Excludes from a response the first N items of a resource collection.

limit
integer <int32> >= -1
Default: 100

Specifies the maximum number of items of a resource collection to return in a response.

write-only
Array of objects or null (FilterParameter)

Specifies the criteria for items to be returned in a response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Filter Parameters.

write-only
Array of objects or null (SortParameter)

Specifies the order of items in the response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Sort Parameters.

Responses
200

OK

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

get/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}/volumeGroups
Request samples
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "offset": 0,
  • "limit": 0,
  • "totalCount": 0,
  • "results": [
    ]
}

Get Collection of Prism Central Categories

The HTTP GET request to the /prismCentrals/{id}/categories endpoint retrieves a list of all categories configured in a Prism Central with the specified ID.

SecurityBearer
Request
path Parameters
id
required
string

Specifies the ID assigned to a Prism Central in the Nutanix AHV environment. To learn the ID, get a collection of Prism Centrals to which Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV has access.

query Parameters
offset
integer <int32> >= 0
Default: 0

Excludes from a response the first N items of a resource collection.

limit
integer <int32> >= -1
Default: 100

Specifies the maximum number of items of a resource collection to return in a response.

write-only
Array of objects or null (FilterParameter)

Specifies the criteria for items to be returned in a response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Filter Parameters.

write-only
Array of objects or null (SortParameter)

Specifies the order of items in the response. For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV REST API Reference Overview, section Sort Parameter.

Responses
200

OK

400

Bad Request. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.

401

Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).

403

Forbidden. The user sending a request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.

500

Internal Server Error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.

get/api/v8/prismCentrals/{id}/categories
Request samples
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "offset": 0,
  • "limit": 0,
  • "totalCount": 0,
  • "results": [
    ]
}

Document updated 9/03/2025

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