I've been using one of Vladimar's sample scripts to backup a few VMs on a dev system and it works well. I have now copied the script and and trying to use it on a home lab, but it fails. The versions of B&R seem to be the same - 9.5.0..1922.
The script returns these errors:
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PS C:\Scripts\Veeam> C:\Scripts\Veeam\WM-WM-DC01.ps1
Find-VBRViEntity : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Server'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value
for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At C:\Scripts\Veeam\WM-WM-DC01.ps1:76 char:48
+ $VM = Find-VBRViEntity -Name $VMName -Server $Server
+ ~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Find-VBRViEntity], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.FindVBRViEntity
Start-VBRZip : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Entity'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for
the argument, and then try running the command again.
At C:\Scripts\Veeam\WM-WM-DC01.ps1:86 char:40
+ $ZIPSession = Start-VBRZip -Entity $VM -Folder $Directory -Compre ...
+ ~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Start-VBRZip], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.StartVBRZip
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and the script looks like this - which is, I think, 'standard' apart from the variable values.
# Author: Vladimir Eremin
# Created Date: 3/24/2015
# http://forums.veeam.com/member31097.html
#
##################################################################
# User Defined Variables
##################################################################
# Names of VMs to backup separated by comma (Mandatory). For instance, $VMNames = “VM1”,”VM2”
$VMNames = "WM-DC01"
# Name of vCenter or standalone host VMs to backup reside on (Mandatory)
$HostName = "LL-ESX01.IMCUK.net"
# Directory that VM backups should go to (Mandatory; for instance, C:\Backup)
$Directory = "\\NAS-02\DiskImages\imcuk\Veeam\WM-DC01"
# Desired compression level (Optional; Possible values: 0 - None, 4 - Dedupe-friendly, 5 - Optimal, 6 - High, 9 - Extreme)
$CompressionLevel = "5"
# Quiesce VM when taking snapshot (Optional; VMware Tools are required; Possible values: $True/$False)
$EnableQuiescence = $False
# Protect resulting backup with encryption key (Optional; $True/$False)
$EnableEncryption = $False
# Encryption Key (Optional; path to a secure string)
$EncryptionKey = ""
# Retention settings (Optional; By default, VeeamZIP files are not removed and kept in the specified location for an indefinite period of time.
# Possible values: Never , Tonight, TomorrowNight, In3days, In1Week, In2Weeks, In1Month)
$Retention = "TomorrowNight"
##################################################################
# Notification Settings
##################################################################
# Enable notification (Optional)
$EnableNotification = $False
# Email SMTP server
$SMTPServer = "wm-ap01.imcuk.net"
# Email FROM
$EmailFrom = "alerts@IMCUK.net"
# Email TO
$EmailTo = "alerts@IMCUK.net"
# Email subject
$EmailSubject = "WM Veeam Backup"
##################################################################
# Email formatting
##################################################################
$style = "<style>BODY{font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;}"
$style = $style + "TABLE{border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}"
$style = $style + "TH{border: 1px solid black; background: #dddddd; padding: 5px; }"
$style = $style + "TD{border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; }"
$style = $style + "</style>"
##################################################################
# End User Defined Variables
##################################################################
#################### DO NOT MODIFY PAST THIS LINE ################
Asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$Server = Get-VBRServer -name $HostName
$MesssagyBody = @()
foreach ($VMName in $VMNames)
{
$VM = Find-VBRViEntity -Name $VMName -Server $Server
If ($EnableEncryption)
{
$EncryptionKey = Add-VBREncryptionKey -Password (cat $EncryptionKey | ConvertTo-SecureString)
$ZIPSession = Start-VBRZip -Entity $VM -Folder $Directory -Compression $CompressionLevel -DisableQuiesce:(!$EnableQuiescence) -AutoDelete $Retention -EncryptionKey $EncryptionKey
}
Else
{
$ZIPSession = Start-VBRZip -Entity $VM -Folder $Directory -Compression $CompressionLevel -DisableQuiesce:(!$EnableQuiescence) -AutoDelete $Retention
}
If ($EnableNotification)
{
$TaskSessions = $ZIPSession.GetTaskSessions().logger.getlog().updatedrecords
$FailedSessions = $TaskSessions | where {$_.status -eq "EWarning" -or $_.Status -eq "EFailed"}
if ($FailedSessions -ne $Null)
{
$MesssagyBody = $MesssagyBody + ($ZIPSession | Select-Object @{n="Name";e={($_.name).Substring(0, $_.name.LastIndexOf("("))}} ,@{n="Start Time";e={$_.CreationTime}},@{n="End Time";e={$_.EndTime}},Result,@{n="Details";e={$FailedSessions.Title}})
}
Else
{
$MesssagyBody = $MesssagyBody + ($ZIPSession | Select-Object @{n="Name";e={($_.name).Substring(0, $_.name.LastIndexOf("("))}} ,@{n="Start Time";e={$_.CreationTime}},@{n="End Time";e={$_.EndTime}},Result,@{n="Details";e={($TaskSessions | sort creationtime -Descending | select -first 1).Title}})
}
}
}
If ($EnableNotification)
{
$Message = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $EmailFrom, $EmailTo
$Message.Subject = $EmailSubject
$Message.IsBodyHTML = $True
$message.Body = $MesssagyBody | ConvertTo-Html -head $style | Out-String
$SMTP = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTPServer)
$SMTP.Send($Message)
}
----------------------------------------------What am I doing wrong pls!??
Thanks
David