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Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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There does not appear to be a specific JobType for this and using 'BackupJobSession' as the Type for a job that has JobType ImmediateBackupCopy yields zero (0) results?! How do I retrieve the sessions of a ImmediateBackupCopy job?
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Hi Paul,

Are you talking about v11 or v11a?

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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Hi Oleg - running version 11.0.1.1261 which I believe is plain Jane 11.
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Paul,

It is v11a. Checked in my lab, sessions of ImmediateBackupCopy job type are showing up there. Could you, please, elaborate on the queries you send?

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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Hi Oleg - I can try setting the JobType to ImmediateBackupCopy: note that that value is not listed as an option in the API documentation which is why I did not try it (yet). Thanks!
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Yes, that is what works with query service. GET /jobs/{id}/backupSessions on immediate backup copy jobs show sessions as well. Please give it a try and let me know. Meanwhile, I'll check with the documentation team. Thanks!
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Ah wait, I am using the query service with this URL: query?type=BackupJobSession&format=entities&filter=JobName=="PowerSchool - Tuesday Group - Offsite";EndTime>="2022-06-14T13:45:18Z" where the job with that name is of type ImmediateBackupCopyJob and I get zero (0) results.
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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I think I understand what is the issue. Due to the backup copy immediate mode's architecture, sessions of ImmediateBackupCopy job type don't have EndTime property set correctly (it is in the past - 1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM). Such sessions contain general data on backup copy job initialization and stats for the last 24 hours or so. To use EndTime filter for immediate backup copy mode, you need to query worker sessions (which actually have EndTime set correctly) instead. In the query type you are using rest service initiates search among all job types, but ends up with nothing because worker sessions have also their own naming convention: BackupCopyJobName\SourceJobName.

So there appears to be 2 ways to make your query work with EndTime.
Query by job name with job worker name convention:

Code: Select all

/query?type=BackupJobSession&format=entities&filter=JobName=="BackupCopyJob\SourceJob";EndTime>="2022-06-14T13:45:18Z"
Query by job type:

Code: Select all

/query?type=BackupJobSession&format=entities&filter=JobType==ImmediateBackupCopyWorker;EndTime>="2022-06-14T13:45:18Z"

Or you can query ImmediateBackupCopy sessions omitting EndTime parameter.

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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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As for the job type list available in the helpcenter, I asked our documentation team to update the article on BackupJobSession query. Thanks!
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Thanks for those insights Oleg; since I have several of these copy sessions in any 24 hour period I will try to narrow the query down by referencing the source job name. That'll be fun :-)
I'll let you know of my success with that approach here.
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Great news: appending the source job name onto the copy job name did the trick and I can now list the sessions for the copy job!
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Glad we figured it out. Best regards!
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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As a follow up Oleg, what is the naming convention for replication sessions?
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Re: Retrieve sessions for Backup Copy Jobs

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Hi Paul,

For replica sessions JobName value corresponds to the name of an associated replica job. No tricks here. You will need to use ReplicaJobSession query, though. Example:

Code: Select all

/query?type=ReplicaJobSession&format=Entities&filter=JobName=="Replication Job 1"
If you are asking about replication session's name meaning the name of a single run, it's in the following format: JobName@datetime.
Example:

Code: Select all

/query?type=ReplicaJobSession&format=Entities&filter=Name=="Replication Job 1@2022-03-18 16:31:15"
Best regards,
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