Executing a Backup Policy¶
Function¶
This API is used to manually execute a backup policy and create a backup task.
URI¶
URI format
POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/providers/{provider_id}/checkpoints
Parameter description
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
project_id
Yes
String
Project ID
provider_id
Yes
String
Backup provider ID, which specifies whether the backup object is a server or disk. This parameter has a fixed value. For CSBS, the value is fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da.
Request¶
Parameter description
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
checkpoint
Yes
checkpoint_req
For details, see the checkpoint_req field description.
Parameter description of field checkpoint_req
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
parameters
Yes
checkpoint_param
Backup parameters
plan_id
Yes
String
Backup policy ID. Refer to the backup policy ID that is returned by the API of Querying the Backup Policy List.
Parameter description of field checkpoint_param
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
auto_trigger
No
Boolean
Whether automatic trigger is enabled
resources
No
List<String>
ID list of resources to be backed up
Example request
POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/providers/{provider_id}/checkpoints { "checkpoint" : { "plan_id" : "62171999-3df1-42f7-9513-6f9b1bea4744", "parameters" : { "auto_trigger" : false, "resources" : [ "7a32a8b5-7977-4e24-b5da-e0eb457db75b", "b2b433bf-7dd6-4a74-aa8f-85673dfbda48" ] } } }
Response¶
Parameter description
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
checkpoint
checkpoint_resp
See the checkpoint_resp field description.
Parameter description of field checkpoint_resp
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
status
String
Status. The value can be protecting, deleting, available, or error.
created_at
String
Creation time, for example, 2016-12-06T21:20:29.898823
id
String
Backup record ID
resource_graph
String
Resource diagram, which displays the mapping relationship between resources and backups. If the value is null, the backup contains only the resource backup of the entire system.
project_id
String
Project ID
protection_plan
plan_resp
Backup policy information
extra_info
String
Additional information about the backup object, such as the backup creation mode
Parameter description of field plan_resp
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
id
String
Backup policy ID
name
String
Backup policy name
resources
List<resource>
Backup object list
Parameter description of field resource
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
id
String
Backup object ID
type
String
Entity object type of backup objects
The value is fixed at OS::Nova::Server (ECSs).
name
String
Backup object name
extra_info
String
Additional information of the resource
Example response
{ "checkpoint" : { "status" : "protecting", "created_at" : "2016-12-06T21:20:29.898823", "id" : "14626f11-b54a-44ea-8e69-7463e527506a", "resource_graph" : null, "project_id" : "b942cc8342734d15bcb246babb1953cf", "protection_plan" : { "id" : "6a6cda7e-7b89-4b14-8e5c-3b6821a97d2c", "resources" : [ { "type" : "OS::Nova::Server", "id" : "1c960fe4-e679-421a-97cd-4f7463d2344b", "name" : "server0", "extra_info": "{}" } ], "name" : "backup" }, "extra_info": "{"created_by": "manual"}" } }
Status Codes¶
Normal
Status Code
Description
200
OK
Abnormal
Status Code
Description
400
Invalid request parameters.
401
Authentication failed.
403
No operation permission.
404
Requested object not found.
500
Service internal error.
503
Service unavailable.
Error Codes¶
For details, see Error Codes.