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Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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Hi all,

When trying to grab the objects from copy jobs with the line below, some jobs are returning null. I've tested on two servers, with the similar results. All affected jobs are Endpoint copy jobs.

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Get-VbrJob -Name "Job Name" | Get-VbrJobObject
Both servers are on Server 2016 Std, with 9.5 u3a.

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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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Hi Francois and welcome to the community!

Can you clarify by Endpoint copy jobs you mean Backup copy jobs with the Agent backups as source? Thanks!
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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Thanks, DGrinev!

Yes, that is correct. Backup copy jobs, with Agent backups as the source.

I may have found a clue: The copy jobs that have the null objects, all have the Agent backup jobs added under "Objects", where the others have the agents added directly ("Add > from Jobs" vs "Add > from Backups").

Is there perhaps a different way to access the objects added using "Add > from Jobs"?

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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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You're right, since only backups added as a source for the backup copy job can be retrieved as Objects through Powershell.

There is no way to get the objects from Jobs by using Powershell cmdlets. Thanks!
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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Thank you for the confirmation.

Do you know whether adding the backup and removing the job would cause Veeam to see it as a whole new object?
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

Post by Vek17 »

This is how I grab this data in my environment:

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$Job = Get-VbrJob -Name 'LPAO VAW BackupCopy'
$Objects = $(
	foreach ($Id in $Job.LinkedJobIds.Guid){
                ([Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll()| Where-Object {$_.id -eq $Id}).getObjectsInJob()
    	}
)
It is required that you use [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll() instead of Get-VBRJob here as Get-VBRJob does not return agents
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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Great, that worked perfectly! Thanks a ton for help, Vek17.
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

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Where did you have to add it in the script for it to work?
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

Post by veremin »

You need to just replace a name of the job in the first line of the script provided by Vek17. Or you're after listing objects of all backup copy jobs you have (regardless of how those objects are added to them: either as backups or as backup jobs)? Thanks!
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

Post by lroscoe »

Thanks! I was asking where do I need to add this in the my veeam report script?

$Job = Get-VbrJob -Name 'LPAO VAW BackupCopy'
$Objects = $(
foreach ($Id in $Job.LinkedJobIds.Guid){
([Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll()| Where-Object {$_.id -eq $Id}).getObjectsInJob()
}
)
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Re: Get-VBRJobObject returning null on some copy jobs

Post by jhoughes »

That snippet of code would only return objects within a specific job (named in the first line).

The MyVeeamReport script is not written such that this could easily be copied in and gather all the same results.
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