Exporting list of vms in repositiory

[randombdk]

hi,

Im trying to export a list of vms in a repository - i dont have the liberty to track it based on a backup job

I cant seem to find any cmdlet to be able to tell me vms and restore point inside a repo.

My wish is

Name xx RestorePoints xx Creation Date

This is due to rather big cleanup - this repo specific is 340 vms so i dont wanna go all in on copy paste them all.

[Vek17]

Assuming this is a simple repo and not an SoBR then something like this will work:

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(Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "Repository Name").GetBackups().GetOibs() | Select VmName, CreationTime

If you are using an SoBR it is a bit more complicated to separate extents, but still very doable.

[randombdk]

Hi,

It gives me an error :

(I have connected to the vbr server with Connect-VBRServer

PS C:\Users\lkn.PROD> (Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "backup").GetBackups().GetOibs() | Select VmName, CreationTime
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:1 char:1
+ (Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "backup").GetBackups().GetOibs() | Sel ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

any where to get more documentation on this?

[jhoughes]

Try running it one piece at a time, and you'll find where the issue lies:

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(Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "backup")

(Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "backup").GetBackups()

(Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "backup").GetBackups().GetOibs()

(Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "backup").GetBackups().GetOibs() | Select VmName, CreationTime

At which point does it not work starting from the top?