Veeam powershell IncludedSize returns zero

[Bharathy]

I am writing a script to calculate the size of VMs in a Veeam backup job.

Option #1: Using Info.IncludedSize

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$Job = get-vbrjob -Name "Backup_SQLservers"
$Jobsize = [math]::round($Job.Info.IncludedSize /1GB, 2)

Option #2: Using ApprozSizeString

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$Job = get-vbrjob -Name "Backup_SQLservers"
$Job.GetObjectsInJob() | Foreach-object {$jobsize = $jobsize + ($_.ApproxSizeString)}

Option #1 returns '0' for few jobs and returns exact VMs size for few jobs. I tried to press 'recalculate' using GUI wizard of the job properties. Still I get 0 as size for few jobs.

Option #2 returns value but it is not exact size of the VMs in the job. It is less than what I see in the GUI wizard of the job properties.

Could someone advise what is the best way to calculate the size of VMs in the backup job?

[soncscy]

Hey Bharathy,

For the jobs that return 0, are you using containers like folders/resource pools/datastores or tags? If so, those won't get processed by powershell as far as I know and don't get looked up.

I know that the ApproxSize data is stored in OIB Auxdata I think if you get down to the OIB level in Backups. Might be your best approach if you are using containers.

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi guys,

Checked it in v11 GA and 11a - we actually reflect sizes for included containers through Powershell.
Another question is, @Bharathy do you also try to query IncludedSize for agent backup and backup copy jobs?
Because in these cases zeroes would make sense.

Thanks,
Oleg