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  3. Section IX. Data Protection
  4. Appendix E. Load historic events
  5. Cohesity DataProtect events

Cohesity DataProtect events

Cohesity Historic collection uses REST APIs to collect the session and backup information.

To execute the Cohesity Historic data collection from the portal, configure the following advanced parameters within the specific time frame.

  • COHESITY_BACKUP_LOOKBACK_HOURS

  • COHESITY_BACKUP_START_TIMESTAMP (Unix epoch time in microseconds)

    Example: 1590488100000000 for (May 26, 2020 10:15:00 AM GMT)

  • COHESITY_BACKUP_END_TIMESTAMP (Unix epoch time in microseconds)

    Example: 1590922800000000 (May 31, 2020 11:00:00 AM GMT)

Note:

If the above parameters are not set, then the default look-back time is 36 hours

REST APIs
  • GET /irisservices/api/v1/public/protectionRuns

    All the parent and child data

  • GET /irisservices/api/v1/public/restore/tasks

    All the recovery-related data

  • GET /irisservices/api/v1/public/protectionSources/objects/

    Returns the Protection Source objects corresponding to the specified IDs.

  • GET /irisservices/api/v1/public/protectionJobs/

    All Protection Jobs currently on the Cohesity Cluster are returned

  • GET /irisservices/api/v1/public/protectionPolicies/

    Returns the created Protection Policy

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