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  6. NetBackup notification messages for a backup job
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

NetBackup notification messages for a backup job

Examples A through G are the notifications that NetBackup sent to an endpoint for a backup from a VMware Intelligent Policy.

A. Start of a parent backup job (discovery)
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "EDD85CD7-8555-47E4-8A19-01C35093F220",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811679,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "JOB",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "scheduleType": "ST_FULL",
                              "clientName": "masterserver2.domain.com",
                              "status": 0,
                              "startTime": 1459829674,
                              "state": "ACTIVE",
                              "policyName": "vmware2",
                              "parentJobId": 144,
                              "jobId": 144,
                              "policyType": "VMWARE",
                              "jobType": "BACKUP"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}
B. Start of the child snapshot job
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "7C0FD14E-089E-46C8-AA2B-344D69AA0C67",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811689,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "JOB",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "scheduleType": "ST_FULL",
                              "clientName": "DummyTestVM",
                              "status": 0,
                              "startTime": 1459829686,
                              "state": "ACTIVE",
                              "policyName": "vmware2",
                              "parentJobId": 144,
                              "jobId": 145,
                              "policyType": "VMWARE",
                              "jobType": "BACKUP"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}
C. Start of child backup job (actual backup)
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "EF507ECE-4B1C-4D87-AAB0-032ADBC915FC",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811704,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "JOB",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "scheduleType": "ST_FULL",
                              "clientName": "DummyTestVM",
                              "status": 0,
                              "startTime": 1459829698,
                              "state": "ACTIVE",
                              "policyName": "vmware2",
                              "parentJobId": 145,
                              "jobId": 146,
                              "policyType": "VMWARE",
                              "jobType": "BACKUP"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}
D. Image creation
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "608FE0C1-B03C-421D-8876-E3730A7855AF",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811724,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "IMAGE",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "clientType": "VMWARE",
                              "clientName": "DummyTestVM",
                              "backupTime": 1459811698,
                              "createdTime": 1459829720,
                              "operationId": "CREATE",
                              "backupId": "DummyTestVM_1459811698"
                        },
                        {
                              "clientType": "VMWARE",
                              "clientName": "DummyTestVM",
                              "backupTime": 1459811686,
                              "createdTime": 1459829721,
                              "operationId": "UPDATE",
                              "backupId": "DummyTestVM_1459811686"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}
E. Backup job complete (actual backup job)
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "608FE0C1-B03C-421D-8876-E3730A7855AF",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811724,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "JOB",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "scheduleType": "ST_FULL",
                              "clientName": "DummyTestVM",
                              "status": 0,
                              "startTime": 1459829698,
                              "state": "DONE",
                              "policyName": "vmware2",
                              "parentJobId": 145,
                              "jobId": 146,
                              "policyType": "VMWARE",
                              "jobType": "BACKUP"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}
F. Snapshot job complete
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "F97BAE8F-D1E3-4242-A5EC-FB1C9B8F46E3",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811734,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "JOB",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "scheduleType": "ST_FULL",
                              "clientName": "DummyTestVM",
                              "status": 0,
                              "startTime": 1459829686,
                              "state": "DONE",
                              "policyName": "vmware2",
                              "parentJobId": 144,
                              "jobId": 145,
                              "policyType": "VMWARE",
                              "jobType": "BACKUP"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}
G. Parent backup job complete
{
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "F97BAE8F-D1E3-4242-A5EC-FB1C9B8F46E3",
      "type": "NOTIFICATION",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1459811734,
      "payload": [
            {
                  "notificationType": "INFO",
                  "object": "JOB",
                  "data": [
                        {
                              "scheduleType": "ST_FULL",
                              "clientName": "masterserver2.domain.com",
                              "status": 0,
                              "startTime": 1459829674,
                              "state": "DONE",
                              "policyName": "vmware2",
                              "parentJobId": 144,
                              "jobId": 144,
                              "policyType": "VMWARE",
                              "jobType": "BACKUP"
                        }
                  ]
            }
      ]
}

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