restorepoint information

[Erwin Linker]

Hi,

Is there a way to see the difference between a "Full" or "Full synthetic" restorepoint through powershell?

Regards,
Erwin

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Erwin,

Since "Synthentic" value from EAlgorithm enum is never used for Algorithm property of a restore point object, there is no way to determine it directly. But it is possible by correlating session algorithm with the points created during particular session run. Here is an example:

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$job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'Backup Job'
$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "$($Job.Name)"
$oibs = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup
$sessions = Get-VBRBackupSession -Name "*$($Job.Name)*"
$taskSessions = @()
foreach ($session in $sessions) {
  $taskSession = Get-VBRTaskSession -Session $session
  $taskSessions += $taskSession
}
foreach ($oib in $oibs) {
  $filteredTask = $taskSessions | where {$_.WorkDetails.OibId -eq $oib.Id}
  $activeFull = $filteredTask.JobSess.SessionInfo.IsActiveFullMode
  $full = $filteredTask.JobSess.SessionInfo.IsFullMode
  $algorithm = ''
  if ($activeFull -eq $true) {
    $algorithm = 'ActiveFull'
  }
  elseif ($activeFull -eq $false -and $full -eq $true) {
    $algorithm = 'SyntethicFull'
  }
  elseif ($activeFull -eq $false -and $full -eq $false) {
    $algorithm = 'Increment'
  }
  else {
   throw 'Unknown session algorithm'
  }
  $oib | select Name, @{n='Algorithm';e={$algorithm}}
} 

Hope it helps,
Oleg

[Erwin Linker]

Hi Oleg,

Thanks for the answer, i did some changes to the powershell and i think i have it now.

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$job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'PDC1_Performance'
$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "$($Job.Name)"
$oibs = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup
$sessions = Get-VBRBackupSession -Name "*$($Job.Name)*"
$taskSessions = @()
foreach ($session in $sessions) {
  $taskSession = Get-VBRTaskSession -Session $session
  $taskSessions += $taskSession
}
foreach ($oib in $oibs) {
  $activeFull = $oib.Algorithm
  $full = $oib.IsFull

  $algorithm = ''
  if ($activeFull -eq "Syntethic") {
    $algorithm = 'ActiveFull'
  }
  elseif ($activeFull -eq "Full" -and $full -eq $true) {
    $algorithm = 'SyntethicFull'
  }
  elseif ($activeFull -eq "Increment" -and $full -eq $false) {
    $algorithm = 'Increment'
  }
  else {
   throw 'Unknown session algorithm'
  }
  $oib | select Name, @{n='Algorithm';e={$algorithm}}
} 

With this the "Full" back-up is marked as "ActiveFull" and the Syntethic is marked as "SyntethicFull".

Regards,
Erwin