Reset Hyper-V CBT with PowerShell (KB 1934)

[nmdange]

Recently had a support case that required resetting the CBT data on Hyper-V per this KB article https://www.veeam.com/kb1934

Since I have a large environment, doing this procedure manually on a lot of hosts was a bit of a pain, so I wrote some PowerShell to do it

I hard-coded the server names. If anyone wants to go a step further and update the script o pull the server list from Veeam, feel free

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$servers = `
"sofs1","sofs2","sofs3",`
"hyperv1","hyperv2","hyperv3","hyperv4"

foreach($s in $servers)
{
Write-Output "Clearing CBT on " $s

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $s -ScriptBlock {
Stop-Service VeeamFCT
if(Test-Path "C:\veeamctdb.reg")
{
Remove-Item "C:\veeamctdb.reg" -Confirm:$false
}
reg export "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VeeamFCT\Parameters\CTDB" C:\veeamctdb.reg
Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VeeamFCT\Parameters\CTDB" -Recurse -Confirm:$false
Start-Service VeeamFCT

}

}

[veremin]

Thank you for sharing your code; highly appreciated.

As to getting Hyper-V servers names automatically, the following one-liner might meet your expectations:

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$Servers = ((Get-VBRServer) | where {$_.Type -eq "HvServer"}).name