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Updated on 2025-08-15 GMT+08:00

Querying the Backup Policy Bound to HSS Protection Vault

Function

Query the backup policy bound to the HSS protection vault. Ensure that a ransomware protection vault has been purchased in CBR. Such a vault is named in the HSS_projectid format.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v5/{project_id}/backup/policy

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID, which is used to specify the project that an asset belongs to. After the project ID is configured, you can query assets in the project using the project ID. For details about how to obtain it, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value contains 1 to 256 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Definition

Enterprise project ID, which is used to filter assets in different enterprise projects. For details, see Obtaining an Enterprise Project ID.

To query assets in all enterprise projects, set this parameter to all_granted_eps.

Constraints

You need to set this parameter only after the enterprise project function is enabled.

Range

The value can contain 1 to 256 characters.

Default Value

0: default enterprise project.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token, which contains user identity and permissions. The token can be used for identity authentication when an API is called. For details about how to obtain the token, see Obtaining a User Token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 1 to 32,768 characters.

Default Value

N/A

region

No

String

Definition

Region ID, which is used to query assets in the required region. For details about how to obtain a region ID, see Obtaining a Region ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 0 to 128 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

enabled

Boolean

Definition

Whether the policy is enabled.

Range

  • true: The policy is enabled.

  • false: The policy is disabled.

id

String

Definition

Policy ID.

Range

The value can contain 1 to 128 characters.

name

String

Definition

Policy name.

Range

The value can contain 1 to 128 characters.

operation_type

String

Definition

Backup type.

Range

  • backup

operation_definition

OperationDefinitionInfo object

Definition

Policy attribute. Reserved rule.

Range

N/A

trigger

BackupTriggerInfo object

Definition

Backup policy scheduling rule.

Range

N/A

Table 5 OperationDefinitionInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

day_backups

Integer

Definition

Number of daily backups retained, which is not affected by the allowed maximum number of retained backups. If this parameter is configured, timezone is mandatory.

Range

The value range is 0 to 100.

max_backups

Integer

Definition

Maximum number of backups that can be automatically created for a backup object. If the value is set to -1, backups will not be cleared when they reach the quantity limit. If this parameter and retention_duration_days are both left blank, the backups will be retained permanently.

Range

The value can be -1 or in the range 1 to 99,999.

month_backups

Integer

Definition

Number of monthly backups retained, which is not affected by the allowed maximum number of retained backups. If this parameter is configured, timezone is mandatory.

Range

The value range is 0 to 100.

retention_duration_days

Integer

Definition

Backup retention period, in days. The maximum value is 99,999. If the value is set to -1, backups will not be cleared by retention duration. If this parameter and max_backups are both left blank, the backups will be retained permanently.

Range

Minimum value: -1; maximum value: 99,999

timezone

String

Definition

Time zone where the user is located, for example, UTC+08:00

Constraints

This parameter cannot be set if none of the yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily backup parameters is selected.

Range

The value contains 1 to 256 characters.

Default Value

N/A

week_backups

Integer

Definition

Number of weekly backups retained, which is not affected by the allowed maximum number of retained backups. If this parameter is configured, timezone is mandatory.

Range

  • UTC+05:00

  • UTC+06:00

  • UTC+07:00

...

year_backups

Integer

Definition

Number of yearly backups retained, which is not affected by the allowed maximum number of retained backups. If this parameter is configured, timezone is mandatory.

Range

The value range is 0 to 100.

Table 6 BackupTriggerInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Parameter description:

Scheduler ID

Options:

The value contains 0 to 256 characters.

name

String

Parameter description:

Scheduler name

Options:

The value contains 0 to 256 characters.

type

String

Definition

Scheduler type. Currently, only time is supported.

Range

The value contains 0 to 256 characters.

properties

BackupTriggerPropertiesInfo object

Scheduler attribute

Table 7 BackupTriggerPropertiesInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

pattern

Array of strings

Definition

Scheduling policy of the scheduler.

Range

The value contains a maximum of 10,240 characters and complies with iCalendar RFC 2445. However, only FREQ, BYDAY, BYHOUR, and BYMINUTE are supported. FREQ can be set to only WEEKLY or DAILY. BYDAY can be set to the seven days in a week (MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA and SU). BYHOUR can be set to 0 to 23 hours. BYMINUTE can be set to 0 to 59 minutes. The interval between time points cannot be less than one hour. Multiple backup time points can be set in a backup policy, and up to 24 time points can be set for a day.

start_time

String

Parameter description:

Scheduler start time. Example: 2020-01-08 09:59:49

Options:

The value contains 0 to 256 characters.

Example Requests

This API is used to query the backup policy associated with the vault.

GET https://{endpoint}/v5/{project_id}/backup/policy

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "enabled" : true,
  "id" : "af4d08ad-2b60-4916-a5cf-8d6a23956dda",
  "name" : "HSS_84b5266c14ae489fa6549827f032dc62",
  "operation_type" : "backup",
  "operation_definition" : {
    "day_backups" : 0,
    "max_backups" : "-1",
    "month_backups" : 0,
    "retention_duration_days" : 5,
    "timezone" : "UTC+08:00",
    "week_backups" : 0,
    "year_backups" : 0
  },
  "trigger" : {
    "properties" : {
      "pattern" : [ "FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=2;BYHOUR=14;BYMINUTE=00" ]
    }
  }
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.hss.v5.region.HssRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.hss.v5.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.hss.v5.model.*;


public class ShowBackupPolicyInfoSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        HssClient client = HssClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(HssRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ShowBackupPolicyInfoRequest request = new ShowBackupPolicyInfoRequest();
        try {
            ShowBackupPolicyInfoResponse response = client.showBackupPolicyInfo(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkhss.v5.region.hss_region import HssRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkhss.v5 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = HssClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(HssRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ShowBackupPolicyInfoRequest()
        response = client.show_backup_policy_info(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    hss "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/hss/v5"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/hss/v5/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/hss/v5/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := hss.NewHssClient(
        hss.HssClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.ShowBackupPolicyInfoRequest{}
	response, err := client.ShowBackupPolicyInfo(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.