Enable Bitlooker - Powershell

[chris.childerhose]

I am trying to run this script on one of my VBR servers (9.5 Update 4a) but it fails to set the option. So my question is what is the option for setting this? Is there a guide to the options for jobs and the corresponding Powershell option somewhere?

Script -

asnp VeeamPSSNapin
foreach ($Job in Get-VBRJob | where {$_.JobType -eq "Backup" -or $_.JobType -eq "Replica"})
{
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.ViSourceOptions.DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled = $True
$Job.SetOptions($Options)
}

[jhoughes]

I just verified that this worked successfully in my lab against 9.5U4a:

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$job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'AUSVCENTER-NoTag'
$joboptions = Get-VBRJobOptions -Job $job
$joboptions.ViSourceOptions.ExcludeSwapFile = $true
$joboptions.ViSourceOptions.DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled = $true
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $job -Options $joboptions

Job options prior to running code:

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(Elevated) jhoughes@AUSDEV01 : D:\Code : 6/26/2019 08:57:28 :
> $job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'AUSVCENTER-NoTag'

(Elevated) jhoughes@AUSDEV01 : D:\Code : 6/26/2019 08:57:48 :
> $job.Options.ViSourceOptions

EncryptLanTraffic         : False
FailoverToNetworkMode     : False
VCBMode                   : san
VDDKMode                  : san;nbd
UseChangeTracking         : True
EnableChangeTracking      : True
VMToolsQuiesce            : True
VmAttributeName           : Veeam_Backup_Time
BackupTemplates           : True
ExcludeSwapFile           : False
DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled : False
BackupTemplatesOnce       : True
SetResultsToVmNotes       : True
VmNotesAppend             : True

Job options after running code:

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(Elevated) jhoughes@AUSDEV01 : D:\Code : 6/26/2019 08:59:05 :
> $job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'AUSVCENTER-NoTag'

(Elevated) jhoughes@AUSDEV01 : D:\Code : 6/26/2019 08:59:11 :
> $job.Options.ViSourceOptions

EncryptLanTraffic         : False
FailoverToNetworkMode     : False
VCBMode                   : san
VDDKMode                  : san;nbd
UseChangeTracking         : True
EnableChangeTracking      : True
VMToolsQuiesce            : True
VmAttributeName           : Veeam_Backup_Time
BackupTemplates           : True
ExcludeSwapFile           : True
DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled : True
BackupTemplatesOnce       : True
SetResultsToVmNotes       : True
VmNotesAppend             : True

[chris.childerhose]

I tried your script and got the following so something is off in my environment -

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The property 'DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be
set.
At C:\Users\blackbird\Documents\Dirty_Blocks_Enable_3.ps1:4 char:1
+ $joboptions.ViSourceOptions.DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled = $true
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException

Set-VBRJobOptions : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'Veeam.Backup.Model.CJobOptions' required by
parameter 'Options'. Specified method is not supported.
At C:\Users\blackbird\Documents\Dirty_Blocks_Enable_3.ps1:5 char:38
+ Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $job -Options $joboptions
+                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VBRJobOptions], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.SetVBRJobOptions

[chris.childerhose]

Seems to work ok if I specify a job but not when using wildcard (*) for all jobs.

[veremin]

Some object of different type seems to get assigned to $Job or $JobOptions variable, try to limit the script to backup job first and see whether it works:

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foreach ($Job in Get-VBRJob | where {$_.JobType -eq "Backup"})
{
$joboptions = Get-VBRJobOptions -Job $job
$joboptions.ViSourceOptions.ExcludeSwapFile = $true
$joboptions.ViSourceOptions.DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled = $true
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $job -Options $joboptions
}

Thanks!

[chris.childerhose]

That fixed the issue for me. Thanks.

[veremin]

Most likely, some file or copy jobs got assigned to the $Job variable previously, those object didn't have the said property, as the result the script failed.

Glad to hear that you've fixed the issue.

Thanks!