Generate new VBM files

[JacksonWG]

I have 3 directories of backup files that I'd like to import back into VBR. The backups and the restore points are no longer listed in VBR.

I haven't lost my VBM files but due to to circumstances, I only want to import a subset of the total number of backups.

Am I able to use `New-VBRBackupMetadata` in order to generate new VBM files that only contain references to the VBKs I care about? I haven't found good documentation on that command.

[ronnmartin61]

Note that this likely will be possible with v12 and the new per-VM chains which maintain independent metadata per VM but I don't see a way to run a selective import with current v11 Import-VBRBackup. Maybe simplest to run the full import and then prune the unwanted VM's like -

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$points = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "unwantedVM"

Remove-VBRRestorePoint -Oib $points

[david.domask]

I would second Ronn's idea.

@JacksonWG, can you maybe elaborate why importing all of the backups presents a challenge?

The New-VBRBackupMetaData cmdlet is mostly a support tool which is why you didn't find documentation on it, and it has a fairly specific diagnostic purpose.

While I suppose it can be used like this, I'm mostly trying to understand the use case here and if there isn't maybe a better way to approach this.

[JacksonWG]

I was directed to the Powershell forum through this post in the general VBR forum: post475398.html#p475398

The capacity tier repo that I'm trying to download from to import back into Veeam contains significantly more data than I'm able to hold locally. We were able to use the block cloning in ReFS to contain it before uploading but when bringing it back down we don't get that advantage. As much of a pain as it will be, dealing with the minimized number of restore points seem to be my best way forward.