Feature request: cmdlets or documented methods for Powershell-based interaction similar to "Files" pane.

[evilaedmin]

Greetings. HPE provides the StoreOnce Catalyst Copy Utility for interacting with StoreOnce catalyst items independent of backup vendor.

Apparently (allegedly) Veeam isn't setting a needed flag on the catalyst items so the Catalyst Copy Utility refuses to interact with items generated by Veeam.

This makes it impossible to use the only user-accessible scriptable method for moving or deleting Veeam-generated Catalyst items

Veeam B&R does however present the Files pane which clearly allows listing, sorting, and deleting of Catalyst items created by Veeam.

This request is to provide a supported documented powershell cmdlet or object methods to allow for scripting to interact with Catalyst items created by Veeam, same as the Files pane (browse, list, sort, delete, copy, paste).

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Eugene,

Thank you for your feedback! I noted it and will discuss it with my colleagues.

All the best,
Oleg

[evilaedmin]

Hello Oleg,

Is there any chance your colleagues could give me an unsupported hint, similar to as in for example, this thread, as to how to do a delete operation? I believe I'm on the right track identifying the

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storeonce://

filenames from the .GetStorage() (or findStorage()? I am without my notes at the moment.) method of each restore point. All I want to do is delete a couple of thousand restore points without having to manually do it in the Files pane.

Thank you kindly!

[jhoughes]

Unfortunately, the delete method will delete ALL restore points for a VM or chain. You cannot select a subset or individuals points to be deleted.

[evilaedmin]

Hello Joe,

I agree that seems to be the documented behavior. But sure there is an unsupported object or class method that will delete just the file by name?

[evilaedmin]

Hi Eugene,

Thank you for your feedback! I noted it and will discuss it with my colleagues.

All the best,
Oleg

Hello Oleg. Looks like I've been looking for the types:

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Veeam.Backup.Core.CStoreOnceFileCommanderClient

Which I can create with:

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$repoAccessor = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CRepositoryAccessorFactory]::Create($Repository)

Where $Repository is Get-VBRBackupRepository.

So for any $RestorePoint output of Get-VBRRestorePoint:

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$repoAccessor.FileCommander.DeleteFile($RestorePoint.FindStorage().FilePath.ToString())

Now I need to purge these from the configuration database as well.

Hope this helps others if they end up in this thread from Google.

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Eugene! Thank you for posting this!