AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR Report

[jcolonfzenpr]

I have seen this delay more in the tape medium "Get-VBRTapeMedium" but only if you have a large amount of tapes.

I have also noticed it when filtering the content by library or mediapool.

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Get-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $mediaID

[jcolonfzenpr]

Hello,

I have released version 0.3.0 to Powershell Galley to make the installation process easier.

As always any bugs or errors you find please use the github issue module to report them.

Best regards,

https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuil ... .Veeam.VBR

Hello,

For years now I have done a lot of VEAAM implementations and so I have been working on a report for Veeam Backup & Replication that uses the Veeam 11 Powershell modules. The report uses the AsBuiltReport project framework created by "Tim Carman" @tpcarman. The report has support for checking the health status of various components within VEEAM and the AsBuiltReport framework also provides the ability to configure the report to be sent via email. By no means is this report intended to compete with any Veeam tool, I just wanted to develop a free and open source implementation report.

The report is in an initial state but I would like to know if you have any ideas or if anyone would like to contribute to the project.

Here are the links and a sample report.

Project Page:

https://github.com/rebelinux/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR

Sample Report:

https://technomyth.zenprsolutions.net/w ... eport.html

Ideas or suggestions are welcome!

Happy Holidays!

[bcravn]

Nice report, it would be great if it could include some configuration about (copy/)jobs and included VMs !

[Zew]

Do I have to check the source github for updates, or will you post here when the community edition gets support?

Thank you again for this, really amazing stuff.

[jcolonfzenpr]

Hello,

Here is a preview of version 0.4.0 which now includes information about the configuration of VMware and Hyper-V backup jobs. I still need to extend the information about the other types of backup jobs (Tape, SureBackup, etc...) but everything will be done one day at a time...

https://technomyth.zenprsolutions.net/w ... port.html

Hasta luego Amigos!

Hello,

For years now I have done a lot of VEAAM implementations and so I have been working on a report for Veeam Backup & Replication that uses the Veeam 11 Powershell modules. The report uses the AsBuiltReport project framework created by "Tim Carman" @tpcarman. The report has support for checking the health status of various components within VEEAM and the AsBuiltReport framework also provides the ability to configure the report to be sent via email. By no means is this report intended to compete with any Veeam tool, I just wanted to develop a free and open source implementation report.

The report is in an initial state but I would like to know if you have any ideas or if anyone would like to contribute to the project.

Here are the links and a sample report.

Project Page:

https://github.com/rebelinux/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR

Sample Report:

https://technomyth.zenprsolutions.net/w ... eport.html

Ideas or suggestions are welcome!

Happy Holidays!

[bcravn]

Hi Jonathan !

I just updated to the latest version(0.5.5), on a server that used to run 0.5.4.
When I try to run it now, i'm getting a failure:

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----------------------------------------------
 <       As Built Report Configuration      >
----------------------------------------------
Would you like to save the As Built Report configuration file? (y/n): n
Please wait while the Veeam VBR As Built Report is being generated.
WARNING: [ 12:30:06:155 ] [ Document ] - Please refer to the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR github website for more detailed
information about this project.
WARNING: [ 12:30:06:155 ] [ Document ] - Do not forget to update your report configuration file after each new version
release.
WARNING: [ 12:30:06:155 ] [ Document ] - Documentation: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR
WARNING: [ 12:30:06:155 ] [ Document ] - Issues or bug reporting:
https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR/issues
WARNING: [ 12:30:06:171 ] [ Document ] - Installed AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR Version: System.Object[]
New-AsBuiltReport : Could not compare "0.5.5" to "0.5.5 0.5.4". Error: "Cannot convert the "System.Object[]" value of t
ype "System.Object[]" to type "System.Version"."
At line:1 char:2
+  New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target 127.0.0.1 -Username 'sys ...
+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport

is it something related to a native powershell issue, or something with the module ?

[jcolonfzenpr]

Hello,

It seems to be a bug when more than one version of the report are installed. The issue was reported on github and I hope it will be fixed in v0.6.0:

https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuil ... /issues/70

You can fix it by removing the 0.5.4 version

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uninstall-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR -RequiredVersion 0.5.4

Thanks for bringing the issue to my attention.

[Stabz]

Hello guys,

I playing with your amazing tools, but I get some error messages during the script execution.
The script is executed directly on the VBR server. The VBR isn't in a domain.

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"New-CimSession : WinRM ne peut pas traiter la demande. L’erreur suivante avec le code d’erreur 0x8009030e s’est produite lors de l’utilisation de l’authentification par
négociation: Une ouverture de session spécifiée n’existe pas. Elle est peut-être déjà terminée.
 Cela se produit généralement lorsque les informations d’identification ne sont pas valides sur le serveur cible ou lorsque l’identité du serveur n’a pas pu être
vérifiée.  Si l’identité du serveur est approuvée, ajoutez le nom de serveur à la liste TrustedHosts et réeffectuez la demande. Utilisez winrm.cmd pour configurer la
liste TrustedHosts. Notez que les ordinateurs qui figurent dans la liste TrustedHosts peuvent ne pas avoir été authentifiés. Pour plus d’informations sur la configuration
de la liste TrustedHosts, exécutez la commande suivante: winrm help config.
Au caractère C:\Users\Administrateur\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR\0.6.0\Src\Private\Get-AbrVbrBackupServerInfo.ps1:35 : 43
+ ... imSession = New-CimSession $BackupServer.Name -Credential $Credential ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-CimSession], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070520,Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimCmdlets.NewCimSessionCommand
    + PSComputerName        : "COMPUTER"

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I get a report but some informations are wrong and the display for graphics is bugged

[jcolonfzenpr]

Buenos días,

Could you validate if changing the PSDefaultAuthentication option to Negotiate resolves the issue you are reporting?
https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuil ... BR#options



To change this value it is required to generate a configuration file using the New-AsBuiltReportConfig cmdlet.
https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuil ... figuration

After you have the configuration file do not forget to use the -ReportConfigFilePath option to specify the location of the file when using the New-AsBuiltReport cmdlet.

Example:
New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target veeam-vbr.pharmax.local -Username 'Domain\veeam_admin' -Password 'P@ssw0rd' -Format Text,Html,Word -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents' -ReportConfigFilePath 'C:\Users\Jon\AsBuiltReport\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR.json'

Hope this helps!

[albertwt]

Wow, this is cool
Thank you for sharing it here, Senor Jonathan.

[vsingh]

Hello all,
I am trying to run this same script now and getting the same issues. I tried to access that like for the detailed steps, but seems like it doesn't exist anymore.

So I do have the Modules copied over to this machine, and this is the command I am running:

"
$Creds = Get-Credential

New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target xx.xx.xx.xx -Credential $Creds -Format Html,Text -OutputFolderPath 'C:\temp\VBRScript' -Timestamp
"

And this is the error I am getting:
"
New-AsBuiltReport : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Report'. Invalid report type specified. Please use one of the following []
At line:1 char:27
+ New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target xx.xx.xx.xx -Username 'xxx...
+ ~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [New-AsBuiltReport], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,New-AsBuiltReport
"


Any help please?

Regards,

[jcolonfzenpr]

Hello,

I recommend you to delete the file you downloaded and install it through PowershellGallery.

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Install-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR 

You can also follow the link below to perform the automatic installation which is easier to do.

https://techmyth.info/posts/homelab-vee ... iltreport/

Regards,

[Zew]

Is community edition supported yet?

[jcolonfzenpr]

Unfortunately I do not have an environment that has the community version for testing. If you are interested you can test with the most recent version of the report and let us know the results.

Report the issues here:
https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuil ... VBR/issues

[marco.luvisi]

Hi All,
I had the same problem to connection errors and solved it by running the PowerShell console from the Veeam Console.

[fbroussey]

Hi All,
There is Something I misunderstand regarding config file. I get this error :

PS C:\Scripts> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target CRBWP001BKP001 -Credential $Creds -Format Html,Word -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Scripts\ASBuiltReport\VeeamReports' -EnableHealthCheck -SendEmail -Time
stamp -AsBuiltConfigfilePath 'C:\Scripts\ASBuiltReport\Config\ASBuiltReportConfig.json' -AsBuiltConfigPath 'C:\Scripts\ASBuiltReport\Config\ASBuiltConfig.json'
New-AsBuiltReport : Cannot bind parameter because parameter 'AsBuiltConfigFilePath' is specified more than once. To provide multiple values to parameters that can accept multiple values, use the array
syntax. For example, "-parameter value1,value2,value3".
At line:1 char:278
+ ... iltReport\Config\ASBuiltReportConfig.json' -AsBuiltConfigPath 'C:\Scr ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-AsBuiltReport], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterAlreadyBound,New-AsBuiltReport

PS C:\Scripts>

SHould I have to merge file generated with commande "New-AsBuiltConfig" with file generated with " New-AsBuiltReportConfig" ? And use only -AsBuiltConfigfilePath in command "New-AsBuiltReport" in order to generate report?

Thanks for your answer

[jcolonfzenpr]

There is a good post on the communuty site about running these report:

https://community.veeam.com/automation- ... ation-5522

[fbroussey]

Hi all,
I already use ASBuiltReport for VBR and VMWARE but when I try to use ASBuiltReport for VEEAM 365, I have the following error running this command:

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PS C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VB365 -Target MYSERVER.mydomain.fr -username "MYSERVER\asbreport"  -Password "mypass" -Format html,Word  -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport\Veeam365Reports' -AsBuiltConfigPath C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport\ConfigFile\AsBuiltReport.json -ReportConfigFilePath C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport\ConfigReportFile\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365.json -Timestamp -Verbose

Here the error:

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VERBOSE: [ 10:29:20:966 ] [ Document ] - Processing page break.
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:970 ] [ Document ] - Please refer to the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365 github website for more detailed information about this project
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:974 ] [ Document ] - Do not forget to update your report configuration file after each new version release.
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:976 ] [ Document ] - Documentation: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:977 ] [ Document ] - Issues or bug reporting: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365/issues
WARNING: [ 10:29:21:068 ] [ Document ] - AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365 0.2.0 is currently installed.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:21:854 ] [ Document ] - Trying to import Veeam VB365 modules.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:022 ] [ Document ] - Identifying Veeam VB365 Powershell module version.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:027 ] [ Document ] - Using Veeam VB365 Powershell module version 6.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:183 ] [ Document ] - Establishing initial connection to Backup Server for Microsoft 365: MYSERVER.mydomain.fr.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:188 ] [ Document ] - Connecting to MYSERVER.mydomain.fr with MYSERVER\asbreport credentials
WARNING: [ 10:29:22:213 ] [ Document ] - The server has rejected the client credentials.
New-AsBuiltReport : Failed to connect to Veeam Backup Server Host MYSERVER.mydomain.fr:9191 with username MYSERVER\asbreport
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VB365 -Target MYSERVER.mondomain.fr. ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport

PS C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport>

I tried with another account but same result. I double checked the password...
I also tried to add this line ""PSDefaultAuthentication": "Negotiate"" in the Options section ,in case of, because my server is in a Workgroup and I compare with the ReportConfigFile I use for VeeamVBR.
Thanks for your help

[fbroussey]

OK . I found that if I use 127.0.0.1 in place of fqdn , it works !!!

[fbroussey]

Hi all,
I already use ASBuiltReport for VBR and VMWARE but when I try to use ASBuiltReport for VEEAM 365, I have the following error running this command:

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PS C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VB365 -Target MYSERVER.mydomain.fr -username "MYSERVER\asbreport"  -Password "mypass" -Format html,Word  -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport\Veeam365Reports' -AsBuiltConfigPath C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport\ConfigFile\AsBuiltReport.json -ReportConfigFilePath C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport\ConfigReportFile\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365.json -Timestamp -Verbose

Here the error:

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VERBOSE: [ 10:29:20:966 ] [ Document ] - Processing page break.
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:970 ] [ Document ] - Please refer to the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365 github website for more detailed information about this project
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:974 ] [ Document ] - Do not forget to update your report configuration file after each new version release.
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:976 ] [ Document ] - Documentation: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365
WARNING: [ 10:29:20:977 ] [ Document ] - Issues or bug reporting: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365/issues
WARNING: [ 10:29:21:068 ] [ Document ] - AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365 0.2.0 is currently installed.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:21:854 ] [ Document ] - Trying to import Veeam VB365 modules.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:022 ] [ Document ] - Identifying Veeam VB365 Powershell module version.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:027 ] [ Document ] - Using Veeam VB365 Powershell module version 6.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:183 ] [ Document ] - Establishing initial connection to Backup Server for Microsoft 365: MYSERVER.mydomain.fr.
VERBOSE: [ 10:29:22:188 ] [ Document ] - Connecting to MYSERVER.mydomain.fr with MYSERVER\asbreport credentials
WARNING: [ 10:29:22:213 ] [ Document ] - The server has rejected the client credentials.
New-AsBuiltReport : Failed to connect to Veeam Backup Server Host MYSERVER.mydomain.fr:9191 with username MYSERVER\asbreport
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VB365 -Target MYSERVER.mondomain.fr. ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport

PS C:\Scripts\Production\ASBuiltReport>

I tried with another account but same result. I double checked the password...
I also tried to add this line ""PSDefaultAuthentication": "Negotiate"" in the Options section ,in case of, because my server is in a Workgroup and I compare with the ReportConfigFile I use for VeeamVBR.
Thanks for your help

OK . I found that if I use 127.0.0.1 in place of fqdn , it works !!!

[fbroussey]

Hi guys,

I'm facing another issue when I use the Veeam BR script.
It is unable to connect to the proxies.

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WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Please refer to the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR github website for more detailed
information about this project.
WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Do not forget to update your report configuration file after each new version
release.
WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Documentation: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR
WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Issues or bug reporting:
https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR/issues
WARNING: [ 15:14:26:044 ] [ Document ] - AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR 0.8.4 is currently installed.
WARNING: [ 15:15:24:942 ] [ Document ] - Malware Detection Exclusions Section: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.
WARNING: [ 15:16:58:173 ] [ Document ] - VM Exclusions Section: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.
New-CimSession : Access is denied.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR\0.8.4\Src\Private\Get-AbrVbrBackupProxy.ps1:127 char:63
+ ... imSession = New-CimSession $BackupProxy.Host.Name -Credential $Creden ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (:) [New-CimSession], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070005,Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimCmdlets.NewCimSessionCommand
    + PSComputerName        : VEEAMPROXY.mydomain.fr

WARNING: [ 15:16:58:892 ] [ Document ] - VMware Backup Proxies Hardware/Software Inventory: Unable to connect to VEEAMPROXY.mydomain.fr
WARNING: [ 15:16:58:923 ] [ Document ] - VMware Backup Proxies Services Status Section: Unable to connect to VEEAMPROXY.mydomain.fr
WARNING: [ 15:17:03:642 ] [ Document ] - Wan Accelerator MONSERVER.mydomain.fr IsWaHasAnyCaches() Item: Exception calling "IsWaHasAnyCaches" with "0" argument(s): "Failed to connect to WA service on host 'MONSERVER.mydomain.fr', port '6164'"

I tried to start the script in Veeam Backup and Replication Powershell toolkit but same result.

How can I manage with proxies in Workgroup as in the script, we only pass the local veeam server credentials.

Thanks a lot.

[jcolonfzenpr]

Hi,

I don't think there is any way to be able to connect to a remote proxy in a workgroup environment in a secure way. The limitation is more on the powershell side than in the AsBuiltReport code.

There is an unsafe way to achieve the objective but I do not recommend it.

https://woshub.com/using-psremoting-win ... workgroup/

In the next version of the report I will be adding code to validate if backup server is in workgroup mode and disable the collection of proxy server hardware inventory.

I'm more interested in these error messages:

WARNING: [ 15:15:24:942 ] [ Document ] - Malware Detection Exclusions Section: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.
WARNING: [ 15:16:58:173 ] [ Document ] - VM Exclusions Section: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.

Thanks

[jcolonfzenpr]

Hi guys,

I'm facing another issue when I use the Veeam BR script.
It is unable to connect to the proxies.

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WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Please refer to the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR github website for more detailed
information about this project.
WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Do not forget to update your report configuration file after each new version
release.
WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Documentation: https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR
WARNING: [ 15:14:25:950 ] [ Document ] - Issues or bug reporting:
https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR/issues
WARNING: [ 15:14:26:044 ] [ Document ] - AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR 0.8.4 is currently installed.
WARNING: [ 15:15:24:942 ] [ Document ] - Malware Detection Exclusions Section: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.
WARNING: [ 15:16:58:173 ] [ Document ] - VM Exclusions Section: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.
New-CimSession : Access is denied.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR\0.8.4\Src\Private\Get-AbrVbrBackupProxy.ps1:127 char:63
+ ... imSession = New-CimSession $BackupProxy.Host.Name -Credential $Creden ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (:) [New-CimSession], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070005,Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimCmdlets.NewCimSessionCommand
    + PSComputerName        : VEEAMPROXY.mydomain.fr

WARNING: [ 15:16:58:892 ] [ Document ] - VMware Backup Proxies Hardware/Software Inventory: Unable to connect to VEEAMPROXY.mydomain.fr
WARNING: [ 15:16:58:923 ] [ Document ] - VMware Backup Proxies Services Status Section: Unable to connect to VEEAMPROXY.mydomain.fr
WARNING: [ 15:17:03:642 ] [ Document ] - Wan Accelerator MONSERVER.mydomain.fr IsWaHasAnyCaches() Item: Exception calling "IsWaHasAnyCaches" with "0" argument(s): "Failed to connect to WA service on host 'MONSERVER.mydomain.fr', port '6164'"

I tried to start the script in Veeam Backup and Replication Powershell toolkit but same result.

How can I manage with proxies in Workgroup as in the script, we only pass the local veeam server credentials.

Thanks a lot.

I have created a github issue regarding the malware detection exclusions section

https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuil ... issues/145