Restore AHV VM for testing

[Tech-T]

I am looking for a way to automate some of our testing procedures. We have a schedule to restore VMs (to the same Nutanix cluster, but with a different name and network adapter) on a regular basis. I was trying to impliment a powershell script to help with this, but I'm not sure that the commands I am using support AHV VMs.
I can get a successful restore point to reference with the following code:

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$restorepoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name T-VEEAM_Test | Sort-Object –Property CreationTime –Descending | Select-Object -First 1

...but when trying to restore (even with the same name/network settings) it doesn't seem to work:

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Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $restorepoint -Reason "Test restore" -ToOriginalLocation -StoragePolicyAction Default

I get the following error:

Start-VBRRestoreVM : Unable to get auxiliary data from restore point 2ecbde36-9411-4e19-8c73-eee82f4f89ef

Does anyone have known working powershell examples for AHV restore? Thanks!

[Mildur]

Hello Terry

Start-VBRRestoreVM only works for VmWare VMs.
Nutanix AHV doesn't have PowerShell integration in Veeam Backup & Replication.

Best,
Fabian

[Tech-T]

Thanks Fabian!
Do you know if this is something that is planned to be integrated or a timeline for it?
Are there any other suggestions for automated restore procedures for testing?

[Mildur]

Hello Terry

Our upcoming release V4 will introduce a public REST API for the Veeam Nutanix Proxy. It will allow you to restore vm or disks per API calls. I believe this should solve your use case for scripted restore.

Best,
Fabian

[mario.trangoni]

Hi Fabian,
I was reading this thread, and wondering if you have already released a Powershell module for this? Thank you!

[Mildur]

Hi Mario

We don't have a PowerShell Module explicitly for Veeam Backup for Nutanix. But you can use PowerShell to talk to the new Rest API which was released in Veeam Backup for Nutanix V4:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbahv ... tml?ver=40

What tasks are you trying to script?

Best,
Fabian