Agent Details for an Endpoint Backup

[Sindhuja]

Hello All,

Can we get agent details using Powershell command?
I have tried the following commands ...

• VBREPJob - Returns all the endpoint backup jobs
• Get-VBREPSession - Returns all the endpoint backup sessions

Questions:

• I would like to know the agent (which is getting backed up) details like host name or ip address
• For a backup job, the Get-VBRTaskSession command gives an "ObjectId" associated with that task session. Is this kind of information available for an endpoint backup session as well? If yes, how can I get that information?

Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Sindhuja

[veremin]

Do you mind answering the following questions:

* What particular details you're looking for?
* Are you talking about agent management functionality brought by Update 3?

Thanks.

[Sindhuja]

Thank you for your response.
I was looking for the agent details like Host Name or IP address.
It would be useful to have the information, as we can pull out a report on "what Host have been backed up" and "how many backups/ backup copies have been made, given a host.".

[tapani.kuusniemi]

Hi,

One thing that is missing from the agent management functionality brought by Update 3, is the ability to get the details of the agent jobs managed by VBR via PowerShell. In a case were you would like to monitor the jobs via PowerShell is not possible at the moment due to the lack of support by the command Get-VBREPJob.

When is this going to fixed? In the next release, or sooner?

Best regards,

Tapani Kuusniemi

[veremin]

Unfortunately we сannot provide any ETA at the moment, but this feature has a high priority in our books. Thanks.

[bulletlynn]

This is a huge issue as we also monitor Agent backups using powershell Get-VBREPJob. Has anyone found a work around?

[Sindhuja]

I have found few workarounds to get the Agent backup details...

• To get the client/host details that the agent is backing up

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  $CBackupsEP = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetByType("EndpointBackup")
  $CBackupsEP | Get-VBRJobObject
  

• To get the session and task session details for an endpoint backup

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  $epbkupSession = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetByTypeAndTimeInterval(([Veeam.Backup.Model.EDbJobType]::EndpointBackup), $fromdate, $todate) 
  Foreach ($epbkup in $epbkupSession) {
      $eptaskSession = Get-VBRTaskSession -Session $epbkup
      Write-Host "Endpoint BackupSession details :"
      Write-Host $epbkup.GetDetails()
      Write-Host "Endpoint Task Session details :"
      Write-Host "ObjectName: "  $eptaskSession.Info.ObjectName
      Write-Host "ObjectId: "  $eptaskSession.Info.ObjectId
      Write-Host "Details: " $eptaskSession.GetDetails()
  }
  

Can someone from Veeam confirm whether it is safe to use these APIs till we get an update?

Thanks,
Sindhuja

[veremin]

Correct, you can stick to the given workaround, till next update is released. Thanks.

[Sindhuja]

Cool! Thanks Eremin!

Regards,
Sindhuja

[aschillling]

For clarity - there is a known issue with cmdlets such as Get-VBREPJob where it does not correctly return any data and the workaround for the time being is use something like below:

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[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll() | Where-Object {$_.JobType -eq "EpAgentBackup"}
[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetByType("EndpointBackup")

[veremin]

Correct.

[Finalwaltz]

Any update on this?