Get-VbrBackupSession show old values, not last sessions

[tedossantos]

When I run in powershell the command:
Get-VbrBackupSession | where-object {$_.JobName -eq "job name"}

Job Name State Start Time End Time Result
-------- ----- ---------- -------- ------
job name (Full) Stopped 06/03/2023 11:28:25 06/03/2023 11:28:51 Failed,

this shows old value ​​and not the last session, this happens already a month ago.

has it ever happened to you?

[ronnmartin61]

Without specifying a sort order this isn't too surprising. Try sorting the output -

Code: Select all

Get-VbrBackupSession | where-object {$_.JobName -eq "job name"} | Sort-Object -Property EndTime -Descending

[tedossantos]

Yes, as you say, it is with the command and performing a sorting, sorry for having put it wrong in the initial post

PS C:\Users\admabast1> Get-VbrBackupSession | where-object {$_.JobName -eq "job name"} | Sort-Object -Property EndTime -Descending

Job Name State Start Time End Time Result
-------- ----- ---------- -------- ------
job name Stopped 06/03/2023 11:28:25 06/03/2023 11:28:51 Failed

[david.domask]

Hi @tedossantos,

Is this an agents item you're checking or a Hypervisor backups? The filtering on the Job Name might be matching on another similarly named job.

Can you try Where-Object {$_.JobID -eq 'id of the desired job'}?

You can get the job ID from Get-VBRJob/Get-VBRComputerBackupJob

[tedossantos]

Hi @david.domask,

it's a windows agent backup.

When I run the command:
Get-VBRJob -Name "job name"

Job Name Type State Last Result
-------- ---- ----- -----------
job Name Windows Agen... Stopped Success

the Last Result does appear as succesful

but when i run

Get-VbrBackupSession | where-object {$_.JobID -eq "job_ID"} | Sort-Object -Property EndTime -Descending

Now nothing is displayed.

[david.domask]

Try using the Get-VBRComputerBackupJob and Get-VBRComputerBackupJobSession: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120

Get-VBRJob is technically deprecated for retrieving Agents based backups, and my guess is that you're also seeing some older things like policy retries returned.

Get the JobID of the Agent Job you want to track, and filter with | Where-Object {$_.JobId -eq 'id of the job you want to check'}

[tedossantos]

I think both commands were not yet implemented in my version of veeam (9.5u4)

+ Get-VBRComputerBackupJob
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-VBRComputerBackupJob:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

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+ Get-VBRComputerBackupJobSession
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-VBRComputerBackupJobSession:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[david.domask]

AH, sorry, I didn't realize you were on an older version.

To be honest, the cmdlets from that time were not optimized as well for Agents based items (it was in development at that time), so I think it would be best if:

1. Upgrade to a newer version is possible: I realize this is pretty significant, but 9.5U4 is End of Support and Fix and Life, and likely it's going to be a bit of work to dig up the old documentation on this.
2. You might want to try unsupported methods here. Get the JobID with Get-VBRJob, then check the output of

[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetAll()

Check the properties and you should be able to filter on some of those properties and find the information you want based on the JobID.

[tedossantos]

Something wrong with the database, with [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetAll() the last sessions do not appear.
however with Get-VBRJob yes.

[david.domask]

Sorry to hear it; is upgrading to a Supported Version possible by chance or you can't due to license/older devices you need to continue to work with?

Just as noted, it will be very difficult to advise without seeing what's actually in your Configuration Database and your full code. With an upgrade, we can check it out on a case.

[tedossantos]

We try de upgrade, thanks for youre help

[david.domask]

Happy to advise and glad it's possible.

If you still have issues on a supported version, update the thread with your current script and I'll do what I can to advise.