Querying a Backup Policy

Function

This API is used to query the backup policy of a specific ID.

URI

URI format
GET https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/policies/{policy_id}

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
policy_id	Yes	String	Backup policy ID

Request

Parameter description

None

Example request

GET https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/policies/{policy_id}

Response

Parameter description

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
policy	policy_resp	Query response

Parameter description of field policy_resp

**Table 3** Parameter description of field **policy_resp**
Parameter	Type	Description
created_at	String	Creation time, for example, 2017-04-18T01:21:52.701973
description	String	Backup policy description The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
id	String	Backup policy ID
name	String	Backup policy name The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
parameters	policy_param	Parameters of a backup policy
project_id	String	Project ID
provider_id	String	Backup provider ID, which specifies whether the backup object is a server or disk. This parameter has a fixed value. For CSBS, the value is fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da.
resources	List<resource>	Backup object list
scheduled_operations	List<scheduled_operation_resp>	Scheduling period list
status	String	Backup policy status

Parameter description of field policy_param

**Table 4** Parameter description of field **policy_param**
Parameter	Type	Description
common	common_param	General backup policy parameters, which are blank by default

Parameter description of field resource

**Table 5** Parameter description of field **resource**
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	ID of the object to be backed up
type	String	Entity object type of backup objects The value is fixed at OS::Nova::Server, indicating that the object type is ECSs.
name	String	Backup object name
extra_info	Dict	Additional information about the backup object

Parameter description of field scheduled_operation_resp

**Table 6** Parameter description of field **scheduled_operation_resp**
Parameter	Type	Description
description	String	Scheduling period description The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
enabled	Boolean	Whether the scheduling period is enabled The default value is true. If it is set to false, automatic scheduling is disabled but manual scheduling is supported.
name	String	Scheduling period name The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
operation_type	String	Operation type, which can be backup Enumeration values: backup
operation_definition	operation_definition	Scheduling period parameters
trigger	trigger_resp	Scheduling policy
id	String	Scheduling period ID

Parameter description of field operation_definition

**Table 7** Parameter description of field **operation_definition**
Parameter	Type	Description
max_backups	Integer	Maximum number of backups that can be automatically created for a backup object. The value can be -1 or ranges from 0 to 99999. If the value is set to -1, the backups will not be cleared even though the configured retained backup quantity limit is exceeded.
retention_duration_days	Integer	Duration of retaining a backup, in days. The value can be -1 or ranges from 0 to 99999. If the value is set to -1, backups will not be cleared even though the configured retention duration is exceeded.
permanent	Boolean	Whether backups are permanently retained
plan_id	String	Backup policy ID
provider_id	String	Backup provider ID, which specifies whether the backup object is a server or disk. This parameter has a fixed value. For CSBS, the value is fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da.

Parameter description of field trigger_resp

**Table 8** Parameter description of field **trigger_resp**
Parameter	Type	Description
properties	trigger_properties_resp	Scheduler properties
id	String	Scheduler ID
name	String	Scheduler name
type	String	Scheduling type

Parameter description of field trigger_properties_resp

**Table 9** Parameter description of field **trigger_properties_resp**
Parameter	Type	Description
pattern	String	Scheduling policy of the scheduler The value consists of a maximum of 10,240 characters. The scheduling policy complies with iCalendar RFC 2445, but it supports only four parameters, which are FREQ, BYDAY, BYHOUR, and BYMINUTE. FREQ can be set to WEEKLY and DAILY, BYDAY can be set to MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, and SU (seven days of a week), BYHOUR ranges from 0 hours to 23 hours, and BYMINUTE ranges from 0 minutes to 59 minutes. The scheduling interval must not be less than 1 hour. A maximum of 24 time points are allowed in a day.
start_time	String	Scheduler start time, for example, 2017-04-18T01:21:52.701973
format	String	Scheduler type

Example response

{
  "policy" : {
    "created_at" : "2017-03-07T09:31:08.265000",
    "description" : "My plan",
    "id" : "27b11f3f-578d-4464-89d1-7c6d5894f753",
    "name" : "my-plan",
    "parameters" : {
      "common" : {
      }
    },
    "project_id" : "tenant",
    "provider_id" : "c714180d-ea34-4b13-9a5e-577c7c416eec",
    "resources" : [ {
      "id" : "45baf976-c20a-4894-a7c3-c94b7376bf55",
      "name" : "resource1",
      "type" : "OS::Nova::Server",
      "extra_info" : {
    }
    }, {
      "id" : "5aa119a8-d25b-45a7-8d1b-88e127885635",
      "name" : "resource2",
      "type" : "OS::Nova::Server", 
      "extra_info" : {
    }
    } ],
    "scheduled_operations" : [ {
      "description" : "My backup policy",
      "enabled" : true,
      "id" : "3b2fdf8c-2cc2-4887-9605-a8443922f6f2",
      "name" : "my-backup-policy",
      "operation_definition" : {
        "max_backups" : "20",
        "plan_id" : "27b11f3f-578d-4464-89d1-7c6d5894f753",
        "provider_id" : "c714180d-ea34-4b13-9a5e-577c7c416eec"
      },
      "operation_type" : "backup",
      "trigger" : {
        "id" : "f1246246-ec6a-4e9a-917e-d050dc2808c9",
        "name" : "default",
        "properties" : {
          "pattern" : "BEGIN:VCALENDAR\r\nBEGIN:VEVENT\r\nRRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TH;BYHOUR=12;BYMINUTE=27\r\nEND:VEVENT\r\nEND:VCALENDAR\r\n",
          "start_time" : "2017-03-07 09:31:08",
          "format": "ical"
        },
        "type" : "time"
      },
      "trigger_id" : "f1246246-ec6a-4e9a-917e-d050dc2808c9"
    } ],
    "status" : "disabled"
  }
}

Status Codes

Normal

Status Code

Description

200

OK

Status Code	Description
200	OK

Abnormal

Status Code	Description
400	Invalid request parameters.
401	Authentication failed.
403	No operation permission.
404	Requested object not found.
500	Service internal error.
503	Service unavailable.