Windows File Level Restore

[snowmizer]

I am trying to write a Powershell script that will restore a test file from my VMs in my Veeam Backups (running Veeam v6.0). If I'm reading correctly I need to use the start-vbrwindowsfilerestore cmdlet. However, when I try to restore a file I get a message "Cannot find path". I verified that the file I am restoring is in the path I specified. I also verified that the file is on the backups using the restore option in both the "Backup & Replication" console as well as the "Enterprise Manager" console.

What am I doing wrong?

Here's the script code I'm running:

$result = Get-VBRBackup | where {$_.JobName -eq "Backup_My_Servers"} | Get-VBRRestorePoint | sort CreationTime -Descending | where {$_.VMName -eq "ServerA"} | select -First 1 | Start-VBRWindowsFileRestore
$file = "c:\readme.txt”
Copy $file "E:\Special Restores\"
Stop-VBRWindowsFileRestore

[ThomasMc]

Try this out

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$WFLR = Get-VBRBackup -Name "Job Name" | Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "vm.lab.local" |
	Sort CreationTime -Descending | Select -First 1 | Start-VBRWindowsFileRestore

Copy "$($WFLR.Drives)\readme.txt" "E:\Special Restores\"
Stop-VBRWindowsFileRestore

I suppose if the VM has multiple drives then you'll want to tweak it a little

[snowmizer]

Doesn't like the $WFLR.Drives option. My test file is c:\testfile.vbs but it looks for the file in C:\Users\...\Veeam.Backup.Powershell.Model.FileRestore.Drives\testfile.vbs.

[ThomasMc]

Change it to

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"$($WFLR.Drives)\testfile.vbs"

It mounts it into a really long path for some reason i.e

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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.lab\Local Settings\Temp\1\scnrximq.54e

or whatever the alternative is for 2008

[snowmizer]

That gave me a wierd error...

Failed to initialize log [C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Aux.VeeamProxyClient.log].

Incorrect function
Seek operation has failed. File: [C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Aux.VeeamProxyClie
nt.log]. Distance to move: [0]. Move method: [FILE_END].

[ThomasMc]

Lets try it a little different again

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cd $WFLR.Drives
Copy "readme.txt" "E:\Special Restores\"

Can you confirm that the VM this backup is for only has one drive attached to it?

[snowmizer]

It has more than one drive but only one is backed up via Veeam at this time (because of space constraints).

[snowmizer]

Working with support on this issue and discovered that the cmdlet Start-VBRWindowsFileRestore is either broken or 1/2 completed. Anyone else have any advice on how I can achieve this objective via scripting. I really can't afford to have to do a manual restore on every server, every month end.