Get latest veeam version

[matteu]

Hello,

Is there a way to query Veeam website to know what is the latest build version for VBR ?
I would like to monitor if the build installed is the latest one and without need to keep up to date a build version (if possible).

Thanks

[Gostev]

Hello, what about monitoring this Support KB at https://www.veeam.com/kb2680

[david.domask]

I was going to recommend the same thing as Anton -- just curl/Invoke-Webrequest that page and parse out the versions.

I punched out two fast/lazy functions for pulling from the VBR Server installed version and the most recent version on the KB article Anton linked:

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function Get-VBRServerVersion {
	$InstallPath = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication\" | Select -ExpandProperty CorePath
	Add-Type -LiteralPath "$InstallPath\Veeam.Backup.Configuration.dll" 
	$ProductData = [Veeam.Backup.Configuration.BackupProduct]::Create()
	$Version = $ProductData.ProductVersion.ToString()
	if ($ProductData.MarketName -ne "") {$Version += " $($ProductData.MarketName)"}
	return $Version
}

<# note: function will temporarily write the data to a file report_temp.html as the piping of Invoke-Webrequest content is annoying. 
The file is cleaned up later, but you will need to define $tempdir at some point in your scripts; 
without this, it will try to make the file where the script is executed; 
I recommend set a parameter for the script like -ReportTempDir as optional parameter, 
then check if it's NULL at start of script; if it is, check/make C:\tmp and define $tempdir as C:\tmp #>

function Get-VBRVersionListWeb {
	$webrequest = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
	$webrequest.DownloadString("https://www.veeam.com/kb2680") | Out-File $tempdir\report_temp.html
	$content = Get-Content $tempdir\report_temp.html
	$VBRMostRecentVer = $content |select-string -Pattern "(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,4}" | Select-String -Pattern "\<td" | Select -First 1
	Remove-Item -LiteralPath "$($tempdir)\report_temp.html"
	$MostRecentVerCln = $VBRMostRecentVer.ToString() -replace '<td>|</td>',''
	$MostRecentVerCln = $MostRecentVerCln.Trim()
	return $MostRecentVerCln
}

This is run on VBR server ideally (you will need to likely edit the Get-VBRServerVersion paths to work with remote console), and it should return the current VBR install version and also the most recent version from the list on the KB page.

[matteu]

Perfect . Just tested now and works ^^
Thank you both for your answer !

[oleg.feoktistov]

By the way, in the upcoming version we introduce an official cmdlet to get backup server info (name, build and patches), so soon no registry queries for current server installation like in Get-VBRServerVersion function above will be needed. Thanks!

[albertwt]

Thank you @oleg.feoktistov,
Does the new cmdlet for the next v12.1 will be under the https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... parameters as an additional attribute?

Or a separate cmdlet entry?

[oleg.feoktistov]

As a separate cmdlet. It wouldn't make much sense to display these properties with Get-VBRServer as they are relevant to backup server only. So for other servers added to your backup infrastructure they would always be empty. Thanks!

[albertwt]

That's great, many thanks @Oleg for your confirmation and explanation.

[matteu]

Hello,

When does the new cmdlet will be available ?

[Gostev]

Hi, it's mentioned in the What's New document for 12.1

[matteu]

I'm sorry but if you're talking about this : https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_12_1 ... new_wn.pdf
I don't find it ... I just find Enterprise manager will display exact build of VBR but it's not what I'm asking ^^

and on the powershell changelog documentation, I don't find the cmdlet...

[Gostev]

Yes, this document. It's the very last bullet of the PowerShell SDK section.

[matteu]

Thanks, for other people, the cmdlet is :
(Get-VBRBackupServerInfo).build.tostring()