Backup Status by querying VBM directly

[sfort]

Hi,

I have a script that queries a Veeam VBM file directly to pull various information out - however with encrypted backups I cannot access this information. Is there any way around this if I know the password or should I really be doing everything with Powershell?

Thx

[jbennett]

What kind of information are you trying to discover from the VBM?

[veremin]

If you're working with .vbm file directly, trying to parse via text commandlets, encryption will prevent you from doing it.

So, the question asked by Justin is still valid - what kind of information you're trying to get? May be we can find a way to get it, apart from .vbm parsing.

Thanks.

[sfort]

The main things I'm looking to get are hosts, VM names, and the isCorrupted flag - and if possible the backup size and data size.

Thx

[veremin]

hosts

Try Find-VBRViEntity commandlet.

VM names

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$Backup = Get-VBRBackup -name "Name of your Job"
$Backup | Get-VBRRestorePoint | select VMName, CreationTime, IsCorrupted

backup size and data size

Take a look at this topic.

Thanks.