Cohesity

Cohesity Protected Objects API

The Protected Objects API from Cohesity — 3 operation(s) for protected objects.

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Business capability
Disaster Recovery Management BC-160.20

Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /data-protect/protected-objects Back up objects of any type · Create Object Backup #
Ask an LLM
“Can I protect any kind of object with object-level backup?”
“What's the newer data-protect way to add object backups?”
Tell an agent
Create object backups for {objects}.
Protect objects {objects} with object-level backup.
POST /data-protect/protected-objects/actions Pause, resume, run or unprotect objects · Perform Actions on Protect Objects #
Ask an LLM
“Can I pause or resume backups on protected objects in bulk?”
“Can I trigger an immediate backup run for a protected object?”
Tell an agent
Perform {action} on the protected objects.
Run {action} now with parameters {runNowParams}.
PUT /data-protect/protected-objects/{id} Update an object backup configuration · Update Object Backup #
Ask an LLM
“Can I change the backup settings of one protected object by its id?”
“Which environment-specific settings, like VMware or SQL, can be updated for an object backup?”
Tell an agent
Update the object backup config of {id}.
Change the {environment} backup settings for object {id}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
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GettingStarted
https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/helios-getting-started
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APIReference
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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APIReference
https://developers.cohesity.com/page/api-reference
📖
GettingStarted
https://developers.cohesity.com/docs/getting-started
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/helios-reporting
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/site-continuity

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cohesity/refs/heads/main/openapi/cohesity-protected-objects-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Postman
https://api.cohesity.com/

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OpenAPI Specification

cohesity-protected-objects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Cohesity API provides a RESTful interface to access the various data management operations on Cohesity cluster and Helios.
  title: Cohesity REST Protected Objects API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: /v2
tags:


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