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Browse all versions of a guest file for a specific VM with API DoBrowse

  • 26 January 2023
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Hello,

I’m used to use your API, but in this case, I can't get what I want 😪

Use case : Before perform a single file restore operation, I need to see all versions of a guest file for a VM backuped without agent (agentless) .

I use the DoBrowse API, but I have no usable results.

{{ServerUrl}}/DoBrowse (POST) with body:

}
{
  "opType": 0,
  "queries": [
    {
      "type": 1,
      "queryId": "countQuery",
      "aggrParam": {
        "field": 0,
        "aggrType": 4
      }
    },
    {
      "type": 4,
      "queryId": "dataQuery",
      "dataParam": {
        "sortParam": {
          "ascending": true,
          "sortBy": [
            38,
            0
          ]
        },
        "paging": {
          "firstNode": 0,
          "pageSize": 15,
          "skipNode": 0
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "mode": {
    "mode": 1
  },
  "paths": [
    {
      "path": "\\50003816-5EF5-1648-8ED1-0FD0B08F024C\\var\\log\\cron"
    }
  ],
  "options": {
    "showDeletedFiles": true,
    "restoreIndex": true
  },
  "entity": {
    "subclientId": 26475,
    "applicationId": 106,
    "clientName": "myhostname",
    "instanceId": 119,
    "clientId": 3903
  },
    "timeRange": {
        "fromTime": 1643207640,
        "toTime": 1674743640
    }


}

The poor response is (Status code : 200) :

{
    "browseResponses": [
        {
            "respType": 0,
            "workerId": "69973",
            "doClientSideSortingAndPaging": false,
            "session": {
                "sessionId": "1674744084-69973"
            },
            "browseResult": {
                "queryId": "countQuery",
                "aggrResultSet": [
                    {
                        "result": 0,
                        "groupbyValue": "",
                        "count": 0
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

Wath is the correct request to obtain all versions for a specific guest file (during the retention period of course) ?

Current version : 11.24.86

Regards,

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Best answer by Damian Andre 27 January 2023, 00:46

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Damian Andre
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Hey @mjc 

Have you been able to do this outside of the API? I only ask because by default Commvault would not have an index of the VM backups to know all the versions or even have a file list. The VM backups need to be indexed to get this sort of data otherwise it needs to establish a live browse.

https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/essential/144093_file_indexing_version_2.html

Before tackling the API stuff, just wanted to make sure the infrastructure is set up to enable this to work.

M
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Hello, thanks to @Damian Andre . You’re right, this option is not yet enabled on our configuration. 

I see that your refered to version 2 that still available with 2022E version. We’re update to this version asap and I come back if necessary.

 

Regards,

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