Cohesity

Cohesity Protection Sources API

The ProtectionSources API from Cohesity — 26 operation(s) for protectionsources.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 32

GET /public/physicalAgents/download Download the physical agent for a host type #
POST /public/physicalAgents/upgrade Initiate a request to upgrade Cohesity agents on one or more Physical Servers… #
GET /public/protectionSources Returns the registered Protection Sources and their Object subtrees #
GET /public/protectionSources/applicationServers Returns the registered Application Servers and their Object subtrees #
PUT /public/protectionSources/applicationServers Modifies the registration parameters of Application Servers in a Protection… #
POST /public/protectionSources/applicationServers Register a Protection Source as running one or more Application Servers like… #
DELETE /public/protectionSources/applicationServers/{id} Unregister Application Servers like Microsoft SQL servers or Microsoft Exchange… #
GET /public/protectionSources/datastores Returns the datastore information in VMware environment #
POST /public/protectionSources/diagnostics/{id} Collect diagnostics of the protection source for a host type #
GET /public/protectionSources/downloadCftFile Download the CFT #
GET /public/protectionSources/exchangeDagHosts List exchange dag hosts #
GET /public/protectionSources/objects List details about Protection Source objects #
GET /public/protectionSources/objects/{id} Get details about a single Protection Source Object #
GET /public/protectionSources/protectedObjects Returns the list of protected Objects in a registered Protection Source #
POST /public/protectionSources/refresh/{id} Refresh the Object hierarchy of the Protection Sources tree #
POST /public/protectionSources/register Register a Protection Source #
GET /public/protectionSources/registrationInfo List protection sources registration info #
GET /public/protectionSources/rootNodes Returns the top level (root) Protection Sources with registration information #
GET /public/protectionSources/sqlAagHostsAndDatabases Returns the registered Protection Sources and their Object subtrees #
GET /public/protectionSources/virtualMachines Returns the Virtual Machines in a vCenter Server #
DELETE /public/protectionSources/{id} Unregister a previously registered Protection Source #
PATCH /public/protectionSources/{id} Update a previously registered Protection Source with new details #
GET /data-protect/sources Get a List of Protection Sources #
GET /data-protect/sources/filters List attribute filters for a source #
GET /data-protect/sources/registrations Get the list of Protection Source registrations #
POST /data-protect/sources/registrations Register a Protection Source #
GET /data-protect/sources/registrations/{id} Get a Protection Source registration #
PUT /data-protect/sources/registrations/{id} Update Protection Source registration #
DELETE /data-protect/sources/registrations/{id} Delete Protection Source Registration #
POST /data-protect/sources/test-connection Test connection to a source #
GET /data-protect/sources/virtual-datacenter/{id} Get VDC Details #
GET /data-protect/sources/{id} Get a Protection Sources #

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

Other Resources

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https://api.cohesity.com/

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OpenAPI Specification

cohesity-protectionsources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cohesity Protection Sources API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged ProtectionSources across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: cohesity-cluster-v1-openapi-original.yml, cohesity-cluster-v2-openapi-original.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://<CLUSTER_VIP>/irisservices/api/v1
- url: /v2
tags:


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