Backup copy job instantanous state

[Dario.Palmisano]

Hello Everybody,

I am trying to track the state evolution of a backup copy job.

Is it possible to access the evolution of it, getting the lines like the following ones (showed in the "Action" Window)?

Many thanks and regards

Dario


New copy interval started
Building VM list
...
Changed block tracking is enabled
...
Full backup file merge completed successfully
Waiting for the new copy interval

[nefes]

You can do it by getting your job session and calling Logger in it. Some sample out of the head, please check if it works:

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(Get-VBRJob -name "Name").FindLastSession().logger.getlog().updatedrecords.title

[Dario.Palmisano]

Thanks for you suggestion,

I tried it and if I use the whole expression you provided I get nothing, if instead I use:

(Get-VBRJob -name "Name").FindLastSession().logger.getlog().updatedrecords

I get the complete log, below reported. Is there any way to parse it?

Status : ENone
OrdinalId : 4
UpdateUsn : 5
Title : Waiting for new restore points
Description :
UpdateTime : 3/19/2015 1:19:29 PM
Style : ENone
Object :
StartTime : 3/19/2015 1:19:29 PM
Cookie :

Status : ESucceeded
OrdinalId : 3
UpdateUsn : 4
Title : Building VM list
Description :
UpdateTime : 3/19/2015 1:19:29 PM
Style : ENone
Object :
StartTime : 3/19/2015 1:18:56 PM
Cookie :

Status : ESucceeded
OrdinalId : 2
UpdateUsn : 2
Title : New copy interval started
Description :
UpdateTime : 3/19/2015 1:18:55 PM
Style : ENone
Object :
StartTime : 3/19/2015 1:18:55 PM
Cookie :

Status : ESucceeded
OrdinalId : 1
UpdateUsn : 1
Title : Job started at 3/19/2015 1:18:33 PM
Description :
UpdateTime : 3/19/2015 1:18:34 PM
Style : ENone
Object :
StartTime : 3/19/2015 1:18:34 PM
Cookie :

[veremin]

Not sure what might be wrong with the script provided by Nikita, as it runs correctly in my environment.

Title is a parameter that should be outputted. If the referenced example doesn't work for you, what if you write something like this:

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(Get-VBRJob -name "Name of your backup copy job").FindLastSession().logger.getlog().updatedrecords | select-object {$_.title}

Thanks.

[Dario.Palmisano]

That works! Thanks!

But now it is the second time, that solutions provided by knowledgeable "Veem software" people works for their environment, but not on mine, so yesterday I open a case (# 00844975), but the support says to refer to forum for suggestions about scripting.

What environment are you using? I have the latest version 8.0.0.917.

Maybe during the update from the version 7 something went wrong, or maybe something need to be done to update the powershell,

Running $PSVersionTable.PSVersion I get:

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
2 0 -1 -1

Please advise,

Thanks in advance

[veremin]

What environment are you using?

Windows 2012 R2 with PowerShell 4.0 on board. Based on the provided information, you appear to be using PowerShell version 2.0. I've seen number of cases where some parameters and methods were missing when an outdated Powershell version was used. So, it's certainly worth updating to the latest available version of PS.

Thanks.

[Dario.Palmisano]

Just to confirm that updating to PowerShell 4.0, solved the problem.

Many thanks to everybody!

[veremin]

Glad to hear that you're up and running now. Should other help be needed, don't hesitate to let us know.