Cohesity

Cohesity Protection Jobs API

The ProtectionJobs API from Cohesity — 6 operation(s) for protectionjobs.

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Disaster Recovery Management BC-160.20

Operations 9

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 /public/protectionJobState/{id} Pause or resume a protection job · Pause future Runs or resume future Runs of the specified Protection Job #
Ask an LLM
“How do I pause a backup job so no new runs start?”
“Do runs already in progress keep going when I pause a protection job?”
Tell an agent
Pause protection job {id}.
Pause protection job {id} with reason {pauseReason}.
GET /public/protectionJobs List protection jobs · List Protections Jobs filtered by the specified parameters #
Ask an LLM
“Which backup jobs on the cluster protect VMware workloads?”
“Can I find jobs whose last run violated its SLA?”
Tell an agent
List protection jobs for environment {environments}.
Show protection jobs using policy {policyIds} with their last run stats.
POST /public/protectionJobs Create a protection job · Create a Protection Job #
Ask an LLM
“How do I set up a new backup job for a set of VMs?”
“Which storage domain and policy does a new protection job need?”
Tell an agent
Create protection job {name} with policy {policyId} writing to storage domain {viewBoxId}.
Create job {name} protecting sources {sourceIds} in environment {environment} under policy {policyId} on domain {viewBoxId}.
POST /public/protectionJobs/run/{id} Run a protection job now · Immediately execute a single Protection Job Run #
Ask an LLM
“Can I kick off a backup immediately instead of waiting for the schedule?”
“Is it possible to run a full backup for only some of a job's sources?”
Tell an agent
Run protection job {id} now.
Run a {runType} backup of job {id} for sources {sourceIds}.
POST /public/protectionJobs/states Pause, resume or deactivate many jobs at once · Perform an action like pause, resume, activate, deactivate on all the specified… #
Ask an LLM
“How do I pause every backup job in a list with a single request?”
“Can I deactivate several protection jobs together?”
Tell an agent
Apply action {action} to protection jobs {jobIds}.
Deactivate all of jobs {jobIds} in one go.
GET /public/protectionJobs/{id} Get a protection job · List details about single Protection Job #
Ask an LLM
“What sources and policy does a specific protection job use?”
“Can I see the full configuration of one backup job?”
Tell an agent
Get protection job {id}.
Show the configuration of backup job {id}.
PUT /public/protectionJobs/{id} Update a protection job · Update a Protection Job #
Ask an LLM
“How do I switch an existing backup job to a different policy?”
“Can I change a job's start time or timezone after creating it?”
Tell an agent
Change protection job {id} to use policy {policyId}.
Set job {id}'s start time to {startTime} in timezone {timezone}.
DELETE /public/protectionJobs/{id} Delete a protection job · Delete a Protection Job #
Ask an LLM
“When I delete a backup job, are its snapshots deleted too?”
“How do I remove a protection job but keep its existing snapshots?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete protection job {id} and keep its snapshots.
Delete job {id}, setting snapshot deletion to {deleteSnapshots}.
GET /public/protectionJobs/{id}/auditTrail Get a protection job's edit history · List a protection job audit #
Ask an LLM
“Who changed a backup job and when?”
“Can I see the audit trail of edits to a protection job?”
Tell an agent
Show the audit trail for protection job {id}.
List the edit history of job {id}.

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-protectionjobs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'This API list provides operations for interfacing with the Cohesity

    Cluster.'
  title: Cohesity REST Protection Jobs API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://<CLUSTER_VIP>/irisservices/api/v1
tags:


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