CVcdOrganization and CVcdRef changes in v12.1

[donaldli]

We're using following code to retrieve VCD Org information so to further remove restorepoints related to specific Org in specific VDC.

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$vcdOrgItem = Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Organization -Name $OrgName
$vcdHost = $vcdOrgItem.Path.Split('\')[0]
$vcd = Get-VBRServer -Name $vcdHost
$siteRef = ($vcd.Info.Options | Select-Xml -XPath '/root/VcdConnectionOptions/LocalSiteUid').Node.InnerXml
$hostSiteUid = [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef]::Make($siteRef)
$vcdOrg = New-Object -TypeName Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization -ArgumentList $vcdOrgItem.VcdId, $hostSiteUid, $vcdOrgItem.VcdRef, $vcdOrgItem.Name

It's working fine until we recently upgraded to v12.1.
Now it complains TypeNotFound for the CVcdRef.

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$hostSiteUid = [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef]::Make($siteRef)
Unable to find type [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef].
At line:1 char:16
+ $hostSiteUid = [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef]::Make($siteRef)
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound

Actually, I started to use CVcdRef since v11a because CVcdRef is required while initializing CVcdOrganization.
What's the solution to get over this?

[david.domask]

Hi @donaldli,

Looks like [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef] got refactored or something as I don't see this under Veeam.Backup.Model anymore.

While I'm sure you probably know, as this is an unsupported method (.NET reflection is not supported), and I'm not confident we will have a fast answer for this. I will try to check, but likely won't be a fast answer.

[donaldli]

Thanks for your response, David!
This is one of the steps we have to use to remove RestorePoints of tenants who are offboarding from our service.
I opened official support Case "#06037080 — How to remove RestorePoints using PowerShell API remotely" in Apr 2023, and it lasted for 4 months end up with no official support solution.
Back to this question, as [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef] got refactored, I believe it won't be a required parameter of initializing [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization].
In Veeam v11a, we need [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef] to initialize a new object of [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization].

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$vcdOrg = New-Object -TypeName Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization -ArgumentList $vcdOrgItem.VcdId, $hostSiteUid, $vcdOrgItem.VcdRef, $vcdOrgItem.Name

In Veeam v11, [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef] is not required.

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$vcdOrg = New-Object -TypeName Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization -ArgumentList $vcdOrgItem.VcdId, $vcdOrgItem.VcdRef, $vcdOrgItem.Name

However, I don't know how to New-Object -TypeName Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization in v12.1.
If you can show some light on how to initialize [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdOrganization], we will not be bothered by [Veeam.Backup.Model.CVcdRef] undefined. Thanks!

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Donald,

Checked the code. Looks like in 12.1 CVcdRef class was moved to another namespace. Now it's in Common instead of Model:

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[Veeam.Backup.Common.CVcdRef]::Make(string VcdRef)

It is still required for CVcdOrganization to initialize, but I hope now you can make it work with this updated workaround.

Let me know if it helps.

Best regards,
Oleg

[donaldli]

Hi Oleg,
Thanks!
I resolved this issue by using $hostSiteUid = $item.VcdRef.GetType()::Make($siteRef), which makes my code work both in Veeam v11 and v12.