Cohesity

Cohesity Recoveries API

The Recoveries API from Cohesity — 8 operation(s) for recoveries.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
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

GET /data-protect/recoveries List recoveries · Lists the Recoveries #
Ask an LLM
“Which recoveries ran on the cluster in the last week, and did they succeed?”
“Can I filter recoveries by status, environment or recovery action?”
Tell an agent
List recoveries with status {status}.
Show recoveries started between {startTimeUsecs} and {endTimeUsecs}.
POST /data-protect/recoveries Start a recovery · Performs a Recovery #
Ask an LLM
“How do I start a recovery from a snapshot with the data-protect API?”
“What environment must be named when performing a recovery?”
Tell an agent
Start a {snapshotEnvironment} recovery named {name}.
Perform recovery {name} for environment {snapshotEnvironment}.
POST /data-protect/recoveries/downloadFilesAndFoldersRecovery Create a download recovery for files · Create a download files and folders recovery #
Ask an LLM
“Can I prepare specific files and folders from a backup for download as a recovery?”
“Which object and file paths does a download recovery need?”
Tell an agent
Create download recovery {name} for files {filesAndFolders} from object {object}.
Package {filesAndFolders} from {object} for download as {name}.
GET /data-protect/recoveries/{id} Get a recovery · Get Recovery for a given id #
Ask an LLM
“What is the status of a specific recovery?”
“Can I look up one recovery including its tenant details?”
Tell an agent
Get recovery {id}.
Check progress of recovery {id}.
POST /data-protect/recoveries/{id}/cancel Cancel a recovery · Cancel Recovery for a given id #
Ask an LLM
“Can I stop a recovery that's still running?”
“What cancels an in-flight recovery by id?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Cancel recovery {id}.
Stop the running recovery {id}.
GET /data-protect/recoveries/{id}/debug-logs Get debug logs for a recovery · Get the debug logs for a particular recovery operation #
Ask an LLM
“Where can I find debug logs to troubleshoot a failed recovery?”
“Can I download the logs for one recovery operation?”
Tell an agent
Get the debug logs for recovery {id}.
Download troubleshooting logs of recovery {id}.
GET /data-protect/recoveries/{id}/downloadFiles Download files from a download recovery · Download files from the given download file recovery #
Ask an LLM
“Once a download recovery is ready, how do I fetch the files?”
“Can I download a byte range of the recovered files?”
Tell an agent
Download the files from recovery {id}.
Download {length} bytes from offset {startOffset} of recovery {id}.
POST /data-protect/recoveries/{id}/tearDown Tear down a recovery · Tear down Recovery for a given id #
Ask an LLM
“Can I clean up mounts and clones left behind by a finished recovery?”
“What does tearing down a recovery remove?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Tear down recovery {id}.
Clean up the resources of recovery {id}.
GET /data-protect/snapshots/{snapshotsId}/downloadFile Download an indexed file from a snapshot · Download an indexed file #
Ask an LLM
“Can I download a single indexed file straight from a snapshot without a recovery task?”
“Is it possible to resume an indexed file download from an offset?”
Tell an agent
Download {filePath} from snapshot {snapshotsId}.
Resume downloading {filePath} from snapshot {snapshotsId} at offset {startOffset}.

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-recoveries-api-openapi.yml

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Postman
https://api.cohesity.com/

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OpenAPI Specification

cohesity-recoveries-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 Recoveries API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: /v2
tags:


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