Add vCloud vApp/VM to the existing backup job

[amiasoedov]

Which cmdlets should I use to add vCloud vApp/VM to the existing backup job? I struggled to do this with Add-VBRJobObject / Add-VBRViJobObject.

[veremin]

What particular issue you came across while trying to add vCD entity to a job via Add-VBRViJobObject? Also, is it a vCD backup job?

[amiasoedov]

You cannot pass an item of type CVcdVmItem (returned by Find-VBRvCloudEntity) to Add-VBRViJobObject cmdlet (requires IViItem).

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public class CVcdVmItem : IVcdItem, IVmItem, IItem, IEquatable<CVcdVmItem>
public interface IViItem : IItem

Here is an example:

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$cloud_vm = Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Name 'CARROLLWEB01' -Server $vCloud | ? Type -eq Vm
$test_job = Get-VBRJob -Name TestBackupJob
$test_job.BackupPlatform
EVcd

Add-VBRViJobObject -Job $test_job -Entities $cloud_vm
Add-VBRViJobObject : Cannot bind parameter 'Entities'. Cannot convert the "Veeam.Backup.Core.Infrastructure.CVcdVmItem" value of type 
"Veeam.Backup.Core.Infrastructure.CVcdVmItem" to type "Veeam.Backup.Core.Infrastructure.IViItem".

[tsightler]

I don't think there's a Powershell cmdlet to do this, although perhaps someone will correct me. However, I've successfully used this workaround:

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$cloud_vm = Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Name 'CARROLLWEB01' -Server $vCloud | ? Type -eq Vm
$test_job = Get-VBRJob -Name TestBackupJob
$added = $failed = $null
[Veeam.Backup.Core.Infrastructure.CJobItemsHelper]::TryAddItemsToJob($test_job, $cloud_vm, [ref] $added, [ref] $failed)

[veremin]

I was about to write the same. Current vCD commandlets allow to add objects only during job creation. In order to add objects to existing job you have to load assembly and work with the mentioned methods. Thanks.

[amiasoedov]

Thank you guys! This works perfectly.

[veremin]

You're welcome. By the way, thank you for raising that again, we'll see what can be done in this regard in future.

[Reittier]

You're welcome. By the way, thank you for raising that again, we'll see what can be done in this regard in future.

is this done yet?

[Reittier]

Thanks, this helped me!
Did yozu address this in the mean time?

[veremin]

Nope, however, the provided workaround that includes loading assembly should be still a way to go. Thanks.

[twkonefal]

In order to back up a vApp I have code like this, but it is PAINFULLY slow (nearly a minute per query). I'm unable to change the vcdsystem type to anything else and still get a result for the find-vbrvcloudentity call. Using find-vbrvientity doesn't work for vApps.

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$s = get-vbrserver -type vcdsystem
$vcloudvApp = find-vbrvcloudentity -name 'Entity' -server $s -vApp
...

Is there a faster way to get this object so I can feed it to the TryAddItemsToJob call?

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[Veeam.Backup.Core.Infrastructure.CJobItemsHelper]::TryAddItemsToJob($test_job, $cloud_vm, [ref] $added, [ref] $failed)

[phenton]

Did anybody find a better/faster solution for adding vApps to an existing job?

[veremin]

As far as I'm concerned, currently that is the only workaround available. Thanks.

[dlapointe]

Did anybody find a way to add vCloud VDC instead of just vApps to an existing job?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Dominic,

Try the code below:

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$entity = Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Name 'organization-vdc-1' -OrganizationVdc
$job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'VCLOUD-BACKUP'
Add-VBRvCloudJobObject -Job $job -Entities $entity 

Thanks,
Oleg