Get job start time using Powershell

[shaun2011]

hello all,

basically want to get the start time of a running job as a variable, i've started off with something like below and now stuck,

$job = Get-VBRJob -Name "Some Job" | ? {$_.GetLastState() -eq "Working"}

so i could compare periodically with current time and if gt than x hrs, send an alert. i believe veeam alerts only get generated after reaching a state not while running ...

any advice?

thanks.

[Sethbartlett]

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Name of Job"
$Job.ScheduleOptions.StartDateTime

[shaun2011]

thanks seth .. all good.

i've noticed last state is $job.getlaststate(). where can i find all the variables for a job?

[Sethbartlett]

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$job | Gm

GM is short for Get-Member cmdlet which shows you all the methods/properties on an object in powershell.

[shaun2011]

thanks seth, can you explain a bit how to view options under each property, i tried,

$job = Get-VBRJob -name PER3SVR4-REPL
write-host $job.ScheduleOptions

but this does not list Job.ScheduleOptions.StartDateTime variable anywhere?

also wanted to know the variable for % completed when a job is active as well ..

just starting with poweershelll for veeam ...

[Andreas Neufert]

Hi
you can also have a look here:
http://forums.veeam.com/viewtopic.php?f ... +scripting

[shaun2011]

thanks, jobcheduleOptions sorted.

where can i find variables for job statistics? particularly % completed during run time?

[Andreas Neufert]

In this script you can find an example,
http://forums.veeam.com/viewtopic.php?f ... ing#p59844

If you delete –runasync from the run Job command, you will see a powershell % compleation bar.

[shaun2011]

thanks andreas.. i was more after a variable or a formula to get the % complete value of a running job which started by GUI scheduling (not initiated via a script). i am writing a script to email an alert when a job goes over x hrs.

is there a way to get the value using a calculation?

thanks.