This operation updates the properties associated with a Disaster Recovery (DR) group.
Request
Syntax
PUT <webservice>/DRGroups/{drGroupId} HTTP/1.1
Host: <host name>
Accept: {application/xml | application/json}
Authtoken: <authentication token>
Content-type: application/xml
<update_dr_groups.xml>
where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.
For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.
Request Parameters
Name | Description | Required |
DRGroupId | The DR group ID for the DR group. If the DR group ID is not known, use the GET DR Group API to retrieve it from the vAppId parameter. | Yes |
Request Headers
Name | Description |
Host | The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request. |
Accept | The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json. |
Authtoken | The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication. |
Content-type | The media type contained in the request body. |
Request Body
Download the update_dr_groups.xml file required for this request. The following table displays the parameters for the request body.
Name | Description | Elements |
Parameter | Description and Parameter Values | Element |
action | Valid value is 1. | Api_VirtualAppReq |
description | Description of the DR Group. | vApp |
source | Valid values are:
| vApp |
isClientGroup | Valid values are True/False. | vApp |
operationType | Valid values are:
| vApp |
instanceId | The system-generated ID assigned to the instance. | selectedEntities |
clientId | The system-generated ID assigned to the client. | selectedEntities |
entityName | The name of the entity. | selectedEntities |
entityId | The ID of the entity. | selectedEntities |
type | The type of workflow. | workflow |
workflowId | The system-generated ID assigned to the workflow. | workflow |
timeThresholdBeforeFailover | The time to wait in minutes before auto failover process is kicked-off. | autofailover |
status | The status of auto failover. Valid values are:
| autofailover |
vAppId | The ID of the vApp. | vAppEntity |
vAppName | The name of the vApp. | vAppEntity |
clientName | The name of the client. | clientList |
backupsetId | The ID for the backupset. | clientList |
clientId | The system-generated ID assigned to the client. | clientList |
GUID | The globally unique identifier for the virtualization client. | clientList |
backupsetName | The name of the backupset. | clientList |
entityId | The ID of the entity. | clientList |
delay | The time (in minutes) between detecting an outage and failing over. | vmGroups |
groupId | The group ID for the VM.. | vmGroups |
continueOnFailure | The option to continue powering on VMs according to priority settings after VM fails to power on. Valid values are True/False. | vmGroups |
copyPrecedence | The copy that takes precedence for failover. Valid values are 0/1. | vmSequence |
replicationId | The ID for the replication set. | vmSequence |
vmName | Name of the VM. | vmSequence |
vmGUID | GUID of the VM. | vmInfo |
Response
Parameter | Description | Element |
errorCode | The possible error codes. Valid values are:
| TMMsg_GenericResp |
errorMessage | The description of the error code. Not all error codes have an error message. | TMMsg_GenericResp |
Examples
Sample Request
PUT <webservice>//DRGroups/10 HTTP/1.1
Host: client1.mydomain.com
Accept: application/json
Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6
0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f
8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f
40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7
68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323
3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8
Content-type: application/xml
<Api_VirtualAppReq action="1">
<vApp description="" source="1" isClientGroup="0" operationType="16">
<selectedEntities instanceId="4" clientId="7" entityName="test.company.com" entityId="7" />
<workflow type="7">
<entity workflowId="49" />
</workflow>
<workflow type="1">
<entity workflowId="50" />
</workflow>
<autofailover timeThresholdBeforeFailover="2" status="7" />
<vAppEntity vAppId="14" vAppName="TestNotAfterBackup" />
<clientList clientName="FGVM2" backupsetId="59" clientId="262" GUID="50390ba9-721b-00ab-563d-93c28017c3gh" backupsetName="TestFailoverSarath" entityId="19" />
<clientList clientName="FGVM1" backupsetId="59" clientId="330" GUID="50394cfc-00b5-c98b-96a9-8cda9543af59" backupsetName="TestFailover" entityId="20" />
<config>
<vmGroups delay="10" groupId="1" continueOnFailure="1">
<vmSequence copyPrecedence="0" replicationId="19">
<vmInfo vmName="FGVM2" vmGUID="50390ba9-721b-00ab-563d-93c28017c3ij" />
</vmSequence>
</vmGroups>
<vmGroups delay="1" groupId="2" continueOnFailure="1">
<vmSequence copyPrecedence="0" replicationId="20">
<vmInfo vmName="FGVM1" vmGUID="50394cfc-00b5-c98b-96a9-8cda9543af69" />
</vmSequence>
</vmGroups>
</config>
</vApp>
</Api_VirtualAppReq>
Sample Response
JSON
{
"resp":{
"errorMessage":"","errorCode":0
},"entity":{
"vAppId":14,"vAppName":"TestNotAfterBackup"
}
}
XML
<Api_VirtualAppResp>
<resp errorMessage="" errorCode="0" />
<entity vAppId="14" vAppName="TestNotAfterBackup" />
</Api_VirtualAppResp>