Add Hyper-V VM to existing backup job

[Dziugas]

Hi,

Is it possible to add hyper-v VM to a existing backup job via PowerShell?
I found many examples how to add VMWare VM to existing job but I can't find any example how to add hyper-v VM to backup job. Is it supported?

BR,
Dziugas

[veremin]

Hi.

Can I ask you to provide a little bit more information regarding your task.
I'm wondering whether you're willing to add Hyper-V VM to the job within which VMware VMs are being backuped? Or just to add another Hyper-V VM to Hyper-V backup job?

Thanks.

[Dziugas]

Hi,

I want to add additional Hyper-V VM to a existing Hyper-V backup job.

BR,
Dziugas

[veremin]

As you may have already understood, the reason for my question was the fact that you can’t actually mix up Hyper-V and VMware VMs within one job.

As for your task, I believe, that something like this should work fine, though I didn’t have a chance to test it.

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asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$JobName = Get-VbrJob |? {$_.Name -eq "Name of your Job"}
$HVServer = Get-VbrServer |? {$_.Name -eq "Name of your Hyper-V Server"}
$VMtoAdd = $HVServer | Find-VBRObject |? {$_.Name -eq "Name of VM you want to add"}
Add-VBRJobObject -job $JobName -server $HVServer -Objects $VMtoAdd 

Thanks.

[Dziugas]

Hi,

The output of commands looks like that:

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PS C:\Users\Dziugas> $JobName = Get-VbrJob |? {$_.Name -eq "LAB-v2"}
PS C:\Users\Dziugas> $HVServer = Get-VbrServer |? {$_.Name -eq  "CLUSTER.lab.local"}
PS C:\Users\Dziugas> $VMtoAdd = $HVServer | Find-VBRObject |? {$_.Name -eq "T001-229"}
Find-VBRObject : Failed to login to "SCVMM.lab.local" by SOAP, port 443, user "", proxy srv: port:0
At line:1 char:38
+ $VMtoAdd = $HVServer | Find-VBRObject <<<<  |? {$_.Name -eq "T001-229"}
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Veeam.Backup.Po...d.FindVBRObject:FindVBRObject) [Find-VBRObject], Ex
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Backup,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Command.FindVBRObject

Veeam tries to connect to Virtual machine manager like to the ESX(i) host, via TCP 443 port.

In Veeam Backup & Replication PowerShell 6.5 reference guide I found only ESX(i) host mentioned as a "-server" parameter for Find-VBRObject command
This cmdlet returns a list of all VMs and VM containers on the specified ESX(i) host.

Is Find-VBRObject suitable for getting VM objects from Hyper-V servers?

BR,
Dziugas

[veremin]

If such error occurred in vCenter case, I would say that it must have been caused by lack of memory available to PS-script and would definitely implement something like this:

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set-item wsman:localhost\Shell\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 512

However, since it’s completely opposite situation and since I’ve tried this script in my environment and ended up with the same or relatively the same error, it’s more likely to be typical limitation of support.

In fact, not only did I try “Find-VBRObject” method to address the issue but also I tested “Find-HvEntity”, still without any success.

So, on the surface it seems to be a restriction, but someone might correct me and provide a solution, that I’ve overlooked.

Thanks.

[Dziugas]

Hi,

Find-VBRHvEntity works, but I can't use the object neither as "-object" nor as "-entity" in a command Add-VBRJobObject.

BR,
Dziugas

[veremin]

Yep, that's exactly what I was talking about. By the means of "Find-HvEntity" you're able to receive information regarding VM residing on Hyper-V host, meanwhile you aren't able to do something useful with it, e.g. to provide this data either as "-object" or "-entity" parameter.

If I have time, I'll try to look at this issue again, more thoughtfully this time, and will report if some workaround comes into my mind.

Thanks.

[BGilbert]

I know adding a Hyper-V VM to an existing Hyper-V job wasn't supported in version 6.0. I was hoping that got fixed in version 6.5.

[Sethbartlett]

@Dziugas I believe I sent BGilbert an unsupported script to do this, but there is not a cmdlet for it currently.

[BGilbert]

@Seth, the script broke when I upgraded to 6.5.