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Managed Backup Short Term Retention Policies - Get

Service:
SQL Database
API Version:
2025-01-01

Gets a managed database's short term retention policy.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/{managedInstanceName}/databases/{databaseName}/backupShortTermRetentionPolicies/default?api-version=2025-01-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
databaseName
 path True

string

The name of the database.
managedInstanceName
 path True

string

The name of the managed instance.
policyName
 path True

ManagedShortTermRetentionPolicyName

The policy name.
resourceGroupName
 path True

string

minLength: 1
maxLength: 90

The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId
 path True

string (uuid)

The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version
 query True

string

minLength: 1

The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

ManagedBackupShortTermRetentionPolicy

Azure operation completed successfully.
Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Get the short term retention policy for the database.

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default-SQL-SouthEastAsia/providers/Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/testsvr/databases/testdb/backupShortTermRetentionPolicies/default?api-version=2025-01-01

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "name": "default",
  "type": "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/backupShortTermRetentionPolicies",
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default-SQL-SouthEastAsia/providers/Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/testsvr/databases/testdb/backupShortTermRetentionPolicies/default",
  "properties": {
    "retentionDays": 14
  }
}

Definitions

Name Description
createdByType

The type of identity that created the resource.
ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail

The error detail.
ErrorResponse

Error response
ManagedBackupShortTermRetentionPolicy

A short term retention policy.
ManagedShortTermRetentionPolicyName
systemData

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional info.
type

string

The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

ErrorAdditionalInfo[]

The error additional info.
code

string

The error code.
details

ErrorDetail[]

The error details.
message

string

The error message.
target

string

The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name Type Description
error

ErrorDetail

The error object.

ManagedBackupShortTermRetentionPolicy

Object

A short term retention policy.

Name Type Description
id

string (arm-id)

Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. E.g. "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}"
name

string

The name of the resource
properties.retentionDays

integer (int32)

The backup retention period in days. This is how many days Point-in-Time Restore will be supported.
systemData

systemData

Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
type

string

The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

ManagedShortTermRetentionPolicyName

Enumeration
Value Description
default

default

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name Type Description
createdAt

string (date-time)

The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy

string

The identity that created the resource.
createdByType

createdByType

The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt

string (date-time)

The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy

string

The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType

createdByType

The type of identity that last modified the resource.