Cohesity

Cohesity Protection Groups API

The Protection Groups API from Cohesity — 11 operation(s) for protection groups.

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Disaster Recovery Management BC-160.20

Operations 16

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

GET /data-protect/protection-groups List protection groups · Get the list of Protection Groups #
Ask an LLM
“Which protection groups had their last backup fail?”
“Can I list only paused protection groups, or only those with a DataLock?”
Tell an agent
List protection groups named {names}.
Show protection groups using policy {policyIds} with last run info.
POST /data-protect/protection-groups Create a protection group · Create a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“How do I set up a new backup group for my VMware VMs with a given policy?”
“Can I create a protection group that starts paused?”
Tell an agent
Create protection group {name} for {environment} using policy {policyId}.
Create a paused {environment} protection group {name} on policy {policyId} writing to storage domain {storageDomainId}.
POST /data-protect/protection-groups/states Pause, resume or deactivate protection groups in bulk · Perform an action like pause, resume, active, deactivate on all specified… #
Ask an LLM
“Can I pause several backup groups at once during a maintenance window?”
“When does resuming a protection group take effect?”
Tell an agent
Apply action {action} to protection groups {ids}.
Pause protection groups {ids}.
GET /data-protect/protection-groups/{id} Get a protection group · List details about single Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“How do I look at a single protection group's configuration and last run?”
“What policy and storage domain is a given backup group using?”
Tell an agent
Get protection group {id}.
Show protection group {id} with its last run info.
PUT /data-protect/protection-groups/{id} Update a protection group's settings · Update a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“Can I switch an existing protection group to a different policy?”
“How do I change the start time or priority of a backup group?”
Tell an agent
Update protection group {id} to use policy {policyId}.
Rename protection group {id} to {name}, keeping environment {environment} and policy {policyId}.
DELETE /data-protect/protection-groups/{id} Delete a protection group · Delete a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“If I delete a backup group, are its snapshots kept?”
“How do I remove a protection group and its snapshots too?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete protection group {id}.
Delete protection group {id} and its snapshots.
GET /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs List runs of a protection group · Get the list of runs for a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“What were the last backup runs for one protection group and did they succeed?”
“Can I exclude runs that can't be restored from a group's run history?”
Tell an agent
List runs for protection group {id}.
Show the last {numRuns} runs of protection group {id}.
PUT /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs Change retention or resync runs of a group · Update runs for a particular Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“Can I extend how long snapshots from a past backup run are kept?”
“How do I retry failed replication copies for an earlier run?”
Tell an agent
Update runs of protection group {id} with {updateProtectionGroupRunParams}.
Extend retention on runs of group {id} using {updateProtectionGroupRunParams}.
POST /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs Start an on-demand backup run · Create a new protection run #
Ask an LLM
“How do I kick off a backup right now instead of waiting for the schedule?”
“Can I run a full backup on demand for just a few objects in a group?”
Tell an agent
Run protection group {id} now as a {runType} backup.
Start a {runType} run of group {id} for objects {objects}.
GET /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs/{runId} Get a single protection group run · Get a run for a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“How do I check the result of one specific backup run?”
“Can I see object-level details for a particular run?”
Tell an agent
Get run {runId} of protection group {id}.
Show object details for run {runId} in group {id}.
POST /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs/{runId}/cancel Cancel a running backup · Cancel protection group run #
Ask an LLM
“Can I stop a backup run that's taking too long?”
“Is it possible to cancel only the replication part of a run?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Cancel run {runId} of protection group {id}.
Cancel the replication task {replicationTaskId} in run {runId} of group {id}.
GET /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs/{runId}/debug-logs Download debug logs for a backup run · Get the debug logs for a run from a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“Where can I get the debug logs for all objects in a failed run?”
“Can I narrow a run's debug logs to one object?”
Tell an agent
Get debug logs for run {runId} of group {id}.
Get run {runId} debug logs from group {id} filtered to object {objectId}.
GET /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs/{runId}/objects/{objectId}/debug-logs Get debug logs for one object in a run · Get the debug logs for a particular object in a run from a Protection Group #
Ask an LLM
“How do I pull debug logs for just one VM that failed in a backup run?”
“Is there an object-specific debug log endpoint for a run?”
Tell an agent
Get debug logs for object {objectId} in run {runId} of group {id}.
Download the per-object debug log for {objectId}, run {runId}, group {id}.
GET /data-protect/protection-groups/{id}/runs/{runId}/objects/{objectId}/downloadMessages Download a CSV of run errors for an object · Get the CSV of errors/warnings for a given run and an object #
Ask an LLM
“Can I get a CSV listing file paths that errored during a backup of one object?”
“What warnings did a run hit for a specific object, file by file?”
Tell an agent
Download the error and warning CSV for object {objectId} in run {runId} of group {id}.
Get the file-level error report for object {objectId}, run {runId}, group {id}.
GET /data-protect/runs/summary Summarize runs across all groups · Get the list of runs #
Ask an LLM
“Which backup runs failed across all protection groups yesterday?”
“Can I get a cluster-wide summary of runs in a time window?”
Tell an agent
List protection runs with status {runStatus}.
Summarize all runs between {startTimeUsecs} and {endTimeUsecs}.
GET /data-protect/runs/{runId}/progress Track progress of a run · Get the progress of a run #
Ask an LLM
“How far along is a backup run that's currently in progress?”
“Can I include finished tasks and event logs in a run's progress?”
Tell an agent
Show the progress of run {runId}.
Get progress for run {runId} including finished tasks and event logs.

Documentation

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https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
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https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/helios-getting-started
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https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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APIReference
https://developers.cohesity.com/page/api-reference
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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 Specification

cohesity-protection-groups-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 Protection Groups API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: /v2
tags:


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