No VBRJobObjects from Imported Backup Job

[metermac]

I can successfully import a backup job from a repository, but when I attempt to retrieve the VMs using Get-VBRJob & Get-VBRJobObject, the result set is null.

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Import-VBRBackup -FileName $JobFileName -Repository $ImportRepository
$BackupJobs = Get-VBRBackup
foreach ($JobName in $BackupJobs) {
    #Get list of VMs for backup jobs
    $objects = Get-VBRJob -Name $JobName.Name | Get-VBRJobObject
    foreach ($obj in $objects) {
        Write-Output $obj.Name
    }
}

That prints out the name for VMs (objects) of all backup jobs that aren't imported, but nothing is printed out for my imported backup job.

Changing

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$objects = Get-VBRJob -Name $JobName.Name | Get-VBRJobObject

to

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$objects = $JobName.GetObjects()

Results in the names of VMs for all backup jobs (imported or not) printed out.

Any idea why?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi James,

On backup import we add information about the backup, but the corresponding job is not being imported along the way.
You can visualize what I mean by looking at JobId property of an imported backup:

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PS C:\Windows\system32> $backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name 'Backup to SOBR Cloud'
$backup | select Name, JobId, JobName

Name                 JobId                                JobName             
----                 -----                                -------             
Backup to SOBR Cloud 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Backup to SOBR Cloud

As you can see, JobId is zeroed because the associated job is not registered in a new VBR.

So, in your first approach there is just nothing to return starting with Get-VBRJob cmdlet.
In your second approach you invoke GetObjects() on a backup instance. We have information about the imported backups, so we can find the objects this backup includes.

P.S. For your variables I would advise using names relevant to the object types and cmdlets you are dealing with to avoid confusion:
$backups for Get-VBRBackup, $backupJobs for Get-VBRJob etc. I think, using $BackupJobs for Get-VBRBackup and $JobName for a single backup instance tempts you to refer to jobs, not backups. Especially, when a script is huge and you can't always keep track of all the entities.


Thanks,
Oleg