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URL:
https://<root>/system/disasterrecovery/stores/<storeName>/backups/create
Methods:
POST
Version Introduced:
10.9

Access requirements

Required privileges

The Enterprise Administrator API requires privilege-based access. An administrator must be assigned a specific user privilege, or role, to access any given endpoint. Listed below are the user privileges or roles an administrator can be assigned that provides access to this endpoint. If multiple privileges are listed, only one needs to be assigned to gain access.


Tokens

This API requires token-based authentication. A token is automatically generated for administrators who sign in to the Enterprise Administrator API directory's HTML interface. Tokens generated in this way are stored for the entirety of the session.

Those accessing the API directory outside of the HTML interface will need to acquire a session token from the generateToken operation in the Enterprise Directory API. For security reasons, all POST requests made to the Enterprise Administrator API must include a token in the request body.


Learn how to generate a token

Description

The create operation creates a backup that can be restored in the event of data loss, data corruption, or deployment failures. Backups are stored in a designated backup store. The response returns a JSON object containing job information, including a jobsUrl property. The value returned for jobsUrl can be used to access the job resource to track the job's status. For more information, see the Job resource topic.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

name

(Required)

The name of the backup.

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name=backup

storeName

(Required)

The name of the backup store where the backup will be stored.

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storeName=backupsDefault

passcode

(Required)

A passcode that will be used to encrypt the content of the backup. When restoring a backup, this passcode must be passed in. The passcode must be at least eight characters in length.

description

(Optional)

A description of the backup.

retentionDate

(Optional)

Introduced at 10.9.1. The date, in epoch milliseconds, when the backup will be eligible for cleanup by a system task.

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retentionDate=1635945710988

f

The response format. The default format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample POST request for the create operation:

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POST /<context>/admin/system/disasterrecovery/stores/<storeName>/backups/create HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

name=backup_first&passcode=passcode&description=&retentionDate=1635945710988&f=pjson&token=HRozb6bnTL6gfA-SJO-IxhfLgJrioK1KJdMLWmCE5HjHWz9U3fOiFv3-HkgPZqsLljTkk2WDENGt5fjho5s39e_mZL5At60UvJPoNnC5O2sv2HTlumG7TsYfbtnokpWmS6-lf8XoQpSKusZwmxIkEMP-yE0Wxrj8o9sWKi29J-pxzkoCDhoUfdLt6NnBWxhESpegh8BzNcEruqxuDQD-JRmaTsbRDaBHTQTePMzQePhXl7KcEG9Cfkw2sa7P1W1e

JSON Response example

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{
  "jobsUrl": "https://organization.example.com/<context>/admin/jobs/j7d22f855-2c9f-4934-94e4-93c5e85cd271",
  "jobid": "j7d22f855-2c9f-4934-94e4-93c5e85cd271",
  "status": "SUBMITTED"
}

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