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manageBackupJob

Description

With this function, you can create/manage backup job.

Parameters

Parameter name Type Description Possible values Example
_id String Required on action modify
The backup job id.
  5b5eb6a0d5ac5e23727b4772
action String Required
The action you want to perform.
  • create
  • modify
 
name String Required on action create
The name of the backup job.
   
backuptypes Integer Required on action create
The content of the backup (Accounts, Directories, Replicate)
To view the possible values click on Backup Types  
destination String Required on action create
The ID of the destination.
   
filters[] List
The group ids you want to filter with.
if you want one filter or another, insert every id in a different cell.
if you want one filter and another, insert the ids in the same cell.
  filters[0][0]=5b34b4f8d5ac5e18436008d3& filters[0][1]=5b5ee4efd5ac5e0fe26db823& filters[1][0]=5b6a87abd5ac5e655e2018d3
flag Integer Required on action create
The backup structure you want to use.
  • Incremental - 1
  • Archived - 2
  • Compressed - 4
 
limitaccounts Integer The number of accounts to backup on each cron run.   0
maximumruntime Integer The maximum run time for each cron run.   0
monitor Object The job monitor parameters. To view the possible values click on Monitor Object monitor[ranfor]=1&monitor[notran]=1
options Boolean The option to Backup only Emails structure.    
performance Object The performance override parameters. To view the possible values click on Performance Object performance[lve]=0&performance[ionice]=0&performance[renice]=0
excludelist[] List Directories and Files to exclude   excludelist[0]=/Path/of/file1&excludelist[1]=/Path/of/file2
includelist[] List
Directories and Files to include.
To view the parameters that returned click on List of String.
Dosen't exsist in accounts.
  includelist[0]=/Path/of/file1&includelist[1]=/Path/of/file2
schedules[] List List of objects(_id, retain).
To create new schedule click on manageSchedule
To get the schedule id you can get it in the manageSchedule response or click on listSchedules
retain - The amount backup to retain before you do retention.
  schedules[0][_id]=5b5eeb87d5ac5e1e3611a4f2& schedules[0][retain]=1
time Integer The scheduled time of the job.
if you want to schedule to 12:00 AM the value should be 0000(0),
for 12:10 AM the value should be 0010(10),
for 12:00 PM the value should be 1200.
  1200
disabled Boolean Whether the backup job is disabled.    

Returns

This API call returns backup job object.
To view the parameters that returned click on Backup Job Object

Example