automation/sessions & /sessions whats the difference

[Henrik.Grevelund]

Hi,

To monitor a Veeam soltions it's important to be able to see all sessions/jobs/taks that runs.
Version 12 API wasn't able to provide all that information.

The new version 13 looks much more promising.

Using /api/v1/sessions we can get a lot more different type of sessions(https://helpcenter.veeam.com/references ... llSessions)
But this /api/v1/automation/sessions mentions more types like SqlLogBackup & OracleLogBackup.

What is the difference between these to calls ?
And is there a list of session types not beeing reported ?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Henrik,

What is the difference between these two calls ?

/api/v1/sessions endpoint emulates "History" tab from the desktop console UI and displays all the sessions processed on the backup server.
/api/v1/automation/sessions endpoint displays only the sessions of Automation type, which you can start by using import and export endpoints here.

But this /api/v1/automation/sessions mentions more types like SqlLogBackup & OracleLogBackup.

Both of the endpoints mention the same session types as they use the same enum for type filters.
But now that you mentioned it, for /api/v1/automation/sessions, I see that having a type filter doesn't make sense there as this endpoint displays only the sessions of Automation type.

And is there a list of session types not beeing reported ?

No, but in the typeFilter parameter here you can see the list of all session types we currently support in VBR REST API.

Best regards,
Oleg