Long Term Retention Policies - Get

Gets a database's long term retention policy.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/databases/{databaseName}/backupLongTermRetentionPolicies/default?api-version=2021-11-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
databaseName
path True

string

The name of the database.

policyName
path True

LongTermRetentionPolicyName

The policy name. Should always be Default.

resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group that contains the resource. You can obtain this value from the Azure Resource Manager API or the portal.

serverName
path True

string

The name of the server.

subscriptionId
path True

string

The subscription ID that identifies an Azure subscription.

api-version
query True

string

The API version to use for the request.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

LongTermRetentionPolicy

Successfully get the policy.

Other Status Codes

*** Error Responses: ***

  • 400 LTRNotSupportedForPerDBCMK - Long-term Backup Retention is not supported when Database-level CMK is configured in preview.

  • 400 LongTermRetentionPolicyNotSupported - Long Term Retention is not supported on this database.

  • 400 LongTermRetentionPolicyInvalid - Long Term Retention policy is invalid.

  • 404 SubscriptionDoesNotHaveServer - The requested server was not found

  • 404 ServerNotInSubscriptionResourceGroup - Specified server does not exist in the specified resource group and subscription.

  • 404 ResourceNotFound - The requested resource was not found.

Examples

Get the long term retention policy for the database.

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/resourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/testserver/databases/testDatabase/backupLongTermRetentionPolicies/default?api-version=2021-11-01

Sample response

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/providers/Microsoft.Sql/resourceGroups/resourceGroup/servers/testserver/databases/testDatabase/backupLongTermRetentionPolicies/default",
  "name": "default",
  "type": "Microsoft.Sql/resourceGroups/servers/databases/backupLongTermRetentionPolicies",
  "properties": {
    "weeklyRetention": "P1M",
    "monthlyRetention": "P1Y",
    "yearlyRetention": "P5Y",
    "weekOfYear": 5
  }
}

Definitions

Name Description
LongTermRetentionPolicy

A long term retention policy.

LongTermRetentionPolicyName

The policy name. Should always be Default.

LongTermRetentionPolicy

A long term retention policy.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource ID.

name

string

Resource name.

properties.monthlyRetention

string

The monthly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

properties.weekOfYear

integer

The week of year to take the yearly backup in an ISO 8601 format.

properties.weeklyRetention

string

The weekly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

properties.yearlyRetention

string

The yearly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

type

string

Resource type.

LongTermRetentionPolicyName

The policy name. Should always be Default.

Name Type Description
default

string