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Backup Status by querying VBM directly

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Hi,

I have a script that queries a Veeam VBM file directly to pull various information out - however with encrypted backups I cannot access this information. Is there any way around this if I know the password or should I really be doing everything with Powershell?

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Re: Backup Status by querying VBM directly

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What kind of information are you trying to discover from the VBM?
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Re: Backup Status by querying VBM directly

Post by veremin » 1 person likes this post

If you're working with .vbm file directly, trying to parse via text commandlets, encryption will prevent you from doing it.

So, the question asked by Justin is still valid - what kind of information you're trying to get? May be we can find a way to get it, apart from .vbm parsing.

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Re: Backup Status by querying VBM directly

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The main things I'm looking to get are hosts, VM names, and the isCorrupted flag - and if possible the backup size and data size.

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Re: Backup Status by querying VBM directly

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hosts
Try Find-VBRViEntity commandlet.
VM names

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$Backup = Get-VBRBackup -name "Name of your Job"
$Backup | Get-VBRRestorePoint | select VMName, CreationTime, IsCorrupted
backup size and data size
Take a look at this topic.

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