REST API - PUT DR Groups

Updated

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:

  • 0, for Backup

  • 1, for Replication

  • 2, for Templates

vApp

isClientGroup

Valid values are True/False.

vApp

operationType

Valid values are:

  • 1, for LiveMount

  • 2, for LiveSync

  • 16, for Failover

  • 32, for VirtualLab

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:

  • 0, for Monitoring Disabled.

  • 1, for Monitoring Failed.

  • 2, for Monitoring Enabled.

  • 3, for Monitoring Paused.

  • 4, for Offline.

  • 5, for Online.

  • 6, for Monitoring Starting.

  • 7, for Not Configured

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:

  • 0, successful completion.

  • a specific error code.

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>