Script to restore a VM through powershell

[bigmaneric97]

I have a VM that I need to schedule a restore each day. This is what I have tested with, but I'm not sure of how to get the the COib the documentation calls for.

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PS C:\Users\esa> $backup = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name EntreLiteDemo 
PS C:\Users\esa> echo $backup

VM Name                   Creation Time          Type
-------                   -------------          ----
EntreLiteDemo             7/6/2020 2:24:28 PM    Full
EntreLiteDemo             7/6/2020 2:50:05 PM    Increment
EntreLiteDemo             7/6/2020 3:05:11 PM    Increment
EntreLiteDemo             7/20/2020 4:49:30 PM   Increment


PS C:\Users\esa> Start-VBRRestoreVM _RestorePoint $backup -Reason "Test Restore" -ToOriginalLocation -StoragePolicyActio n Default 
Start-VBRRestoreVM : Cannot bind parameter 'RestorePoint'. Cannot convert the "_RestorePoint" value of type "System.String" to type "Veeam.Backup.Core.COib".
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+ Start-VBRRestoreVM _RestorePoint $backup -Reason "Test Restore" -ToOriginalLocat ...
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-VBRRestoreVM], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.StartVBRRestoreVM

I appreciate the help.

Eric

[jhoughes]

You need to specify a single restore point to start the recovery, not give it the full array of restore points.

Examples #2 & 3 of the documentation show the selection of a single restore point.

Otherwise, you could do this for the latest point (only inserted line 2 to your existing code and updated variable in line 3):

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$backup = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name EntreLiteDemo
$latest = $backup | sort creationtime -Descending | select -first 1
Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $latest -Reason "Test Restore" -ToOriginalLocation -StoragePolicyAction Default 

[bigmaneric97]

@jhoughes Thank you so much. That makes it all work.

Eric

[bigmaneric97]

Is there a command that will require the existing files to be deleted and then restored? And is there a command that restart the VM after restoration? I'm trying to fins these commands and I have not had much luck.

Thank you.
Eric

[veremin]

You mean the command that will physically remove files of original VM prior to restore process? No such command in Veeam PowerShell Snap-in, but you can remove VM, using VMware PowerCLI. You can restart VM as well. Thanks!

[bigmaneric97]

Thanks. I found the StartUp switch. so I will try that. I get a failure on disk space on the attempt to restore. Works on the second attempt. I may have to switch datastores.

Thanks,
Eric

[veremin]

The situation does not look expected, so, I would reach our support team first to resolve the restore issue before digging deeper into scripting. Thanks!

[ocastro]

I want to restore to a new folder and other VLAN, what are the arguments for -folder, -surcenetwork an -targetnetwork?

[david.domask]

Hi Oscar, welcome to the forums.

Please see the Start-VBRRestoreVM user guide page; it documents each parameter as well as what object types are accepted, as well as how to fetch the needed object for each parameter.

Check the examples for a basic workflow, and add the parameters as shown in the User Guide link above.