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jivebutterball
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Pulling vm names from text file

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Hey all, I'm trying to write a script where Veeam pulls a list of vm names, which I want to be backed up and deleted, from a text file. It is pulling the data but complains that it is in string format.

"Start-VBRZip : Cannot bind parameter 'Entity'. Cannot convert the "Name of my vm" value of type "System.String" to type
"Veeam.Backup.Common.IItem"

How do I change this into a something Veeam will recognize?
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Re: Pulling vm names from text file

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Entity parameter accepts virtual infrastructure object, not just a VM name. Thus, the error. In order to find VM object you should use either Find-VBRViEntity or Find-VBRHvEntity commandlet (based on used platform). Thanks.
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Re: Pulling vm names from text file

Post by jbilt2 »

Greetings,
I find myself in the same situation as the original poster. I was initially attempting to pass VM names from a text file, now I'm attempting to use Find-VBRHvEntity as v.Eremin recommends. When I use this cmdlet however I receive the following error:

Cannot bind parameter 'Entity'. Cannot convert the "Veeam.Backup.Core.Infrastructure.CHvVmItem" value of type
"System.String" to type "Veeam.Backup.Common.IItem".

Here's my 2-liner:

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$vm = Find-VBRHvEntity -Name "VMname"
#Start-VBRZip -Folder .\backups\ -Entity "$vm" -Compression 4  -RunAsync -EncryptionKey $enckey -AutoDelete Never
Any assistance will be appreciated.
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Re: Pulling vm names from text file

Post by tdewin » 1 person likes this post

my first thought, don't put quotes around $vm e.g. -Entity $vm

By adding quotes you try to make into a string, and really it is just an object.
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