Backup & Recovery Selection Size

Use this API Call to query our Data Extraction API to extract data gathered by N-sight RMM.This section shows the service name and parameters needed in the API Call query, and provides examples of some queries and system responses. For more information, see Data Extraction API.

Service name: mob/mob_list_selection_size

URL

https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=mob/mob_list_selection_size

&required_parameters=required_parameters

&required_parameters=required_parameters

&required_parameters=required_parameters

&required_parameters=required_parameters

&required_parameters=required_parameters

Description

Returns the Backup & Recovery - previously known as Managed Online Backup - (MOB) selection size for the specified device for the entered month and year combination. Please be aware that the backup values stated in this API call are in Bytes. If you require this information in Megabyte, divide the backup values by 1048576 (or backup value/1024/1024) and for Gigabytes divide the backup values by 1073741824 (or backup value/1024/1024/1024).

 

Parameters

Post Variable

Description

Type

Required

Options

Default

describe

Optional. Returns a description of the service.

boolean

no

true

0

clientid

The id of the client for which information is to be returned.

integer

yes

0

0

siteid

The id of the site for which information is to be returned.

integer

yes

0

0

deviceid

The id of the device for which information is to be returned.

integer

yes

0

0

year

The year to query

integer

yes

0

0

month

The month to query (month number)

integer

yes

0

0

 

Example Service Call =mob/mob_list_selection_size

https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=mob/mob_list_selection_size&month=MONTH_NUMBER&year=YEAR&clientid=CLIENTID&siteid=SITEID&deviceid=DEVICEID

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<result created="2013-03-08T15:07:54+00:00" host="Server" status="OK">

  <selection>

     <client active="true">

        <clientid>1</clientid>

        <name>

           <![CDATA[Test Client1]]>

        </name>

        <site active="true">

           <siteid>1</siteid>

           <name>

              <![CDATA[Test Site11]]>

           </name>

           <workstations>

              <workstation active="false">

                 <deviceid>1</deviceid>

                 <name>

                    <![CDATA[Removed Device]]>

                 </name>

                 <slot active="true">

                    <slotid>1</slotid>

                    <SystemStateBackupPlugin>2097152</SystemStateBackupPlugin>

                    <FsBackupPlugin>1048576</FsBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <total>3145728</total>

              </workstation>

              <workstation active="true">

                 <deviceid>2</deviceid>

                 <name>

                    <![CDATA[Active Device 2]]>

                 </name>

                 <slot active="false">

                    <slotid>2</slotid>

                    <FsBackupPlugin>1048576</FsBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <total>1048576</total>

              </workstation>

              <workstation active="true">

                 <deviceid>3</deviceid>

                 <name>

                    <![CDATA[Active Device 3]]>

                 </name>

                 <slot active="true">

                    <slotid>3</slotid>

                    <NetworkSharesBackupPlugin>2097172</NetworkSharesBackupPlugin>

                    <SystemStateBackupPlugin>2097152</SystemStateBackupPlugin>

                    <FsBackupPlugin>16717655425</FsBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <total>16721849749</total>

              </workstation>

           </workstations>

           <servers/>

           <total>16726044053</total>

        </site>

        <site active="true">

           <siteid>2</siteid>

           <name>

              <![CDATA[Test Site21]]>

           </name>

           <workstations/>

           <servers>

              <server active="true">

                 <deviceid>4</deviceid>

                 <name>

                    <![CDATA[Active Device Server 4]]>

                 </name>

                 <slot active="true">

                    <slotid>4</slotid>

                    <SystemStateBackupPlugin>16715155489</SystemStateBackupPlugin>

                    <NetworkSharesBackupPlugin>18715155425</NetworkSharesBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <total>35430310914</total>

              </server>

           </servers>

           <total>35430310914</total>

        </site>

        <total>52156354967</total>

     </client>

     <client active="true">

        <clientid>2</clientid>

        <name>

           <![CDATA[Test Client2]]>

        </name>

        <site active="true">

           <siteid>3</siteid>

           <name>

              <![CDATA[Test Site32]]>

           </name>

           <workstations>

              <workstation active="true">

                 <deviceid>5</deviceid>

                 <name>

                    <![CDATA[Active Device 5]]>

                 </name>

                 <slot active="true">

                    <slotid>5</slotid>

                    <FsBackupPlugin>19715155425</FsBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <slot active="false">

                    <slotid>6</slotid>

                    <SystemStateBackupPlugin>19815155425</SystemStateBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <total>39530310850</total>

              </workstation>

           </workstations>

           <servers/>

           <total>39530310850</total>

        </site>

        <total>39530310850</total>

     </client>

     <client active="false">

        <clientid>4</clientid>

        <name>

           <![CDATA[Removed Client]]>

        </name>

        <site active="false">

           <siteid>6</siteid>

           <name>

              <![CDATA[Removed Site]]>

           </name>

           <workstations>

              <workstation active="false">

                 <deviceid>6</deviceid>

                 <name>

                    <![CDATA[Removed Device 2]]>

                 </name>

                 <slot active="false">

                    <slotid>7</slotid>

                    <SystemStateBackupPlugin>199155425</SystemStateBackupPlugin>

                 </slot>

                 <total>199155425</total>

              </workstation>

           </workstations>

           <servers/>

           <total>199155425</total>

        </site>

        <total>199155425</total>

     </client>

     <total>91885821242</total>

  </selection>

</result>

 

Field Description

Field

Type

Can Be Empty

Description

selection/total

Integer

No

Total selection size for account in bytes.

client/clientid

Integer

No

Unique ID of the client.

client/name

String

No

Name of the client.

client@active

String

No

True if the client still exists.

client/total

Integer

No

Total selection size for client in bytes.

site/siteid

Integer

No

Unique ID of the site.

site/name

String

No

Name of the client.

site@active

String

No

True if the site still exists.

site/total

Integer

No

Total selection size for site in bytes.

server/deviceid

Integer

No

Unique ID of the device.

server/name

String

No

Name of the device.

server@active

String

No

True if the device still exists.

workstation/deviceid

Integer

No

Unique ID of the device.

workstation/name

String

No

Name of the device.

workstation@active

String

No

True if the device still exists.

server or workstation/total

Integer

No

Total selection size for device in bytes.

slot/slotid

Integer

No

Unique ID of the Backup & Recovery slot.

slot@active

String

No

True if the slot is actively being used by a device.

slot/*Plugin

Integer

No

Selected size of storage in bytes for plugin.

 

Example Associated Service Calls
Parameter Call URL Format
DeviceID list_devices_at_client

https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=list_devices_at_client&clientid=CLIENTID&devicetype=server
list_servers

https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=list_servers&siteid=SITEID

list_workstations

https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=list_workstations&siteid=SITEID
SiteID list_sites https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=list_sites&clientid=CLIENTID
ClientID list_clients https://SERVER/api/?apikey=yourAPIkey&service=list_clients