Get-VBRViEntity Error

[tigattack]

Hi all.

I'm running into a terminating error with a very basic request using the Get-VBRViEntity cmdlet.

This is what I'm running:

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$server = Get-VBRServer -Name '<my vCenter>'
Find-VBRViEntity -Server $server -VMsAndTemplates

And the result:

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Find-VBRViEntity : An unexpected object occured [index: 8].
At line:1 char:1
+ Find-VBRViEntity -Server $server -VMsAndTemplates
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Find-VBRViEntity], InvalidDataException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.InvalidDataException,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.FindVBRViEntity

I can many perform other requests just fine, this is the only place I'm seeing this issue.

Any advice or pointers on what to look at here would be appreciated.

Cheers,
tig.

[HannesK]

Hello,
the "-Type VC" seems to be missing

this code works for me:

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$server = Get-VBRServer -Type VC -Name "vcenter.lab.intern"
Find-VBRViEntity -Server $server -VMsAndTemplates

Best regards,
Hannes

[tigattack]

Thanks, Hannes.

The "Type" property of $server already reported as "VC" but I tried running it as you suggested, just in case.
Unfortunately, this didn't make a difference, or perhaps only a slight difference:

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Find-VBRViEntity : An unexpected object occured [index: 11].
At line:1 char:1
+ Find-VBRViEntity -Server $server -VMsAndTemplates
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Find-VBRViEntity], InvalidDataException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.InvalidDataException,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.FindVBRViEntity

Here are the contents of $server, in case it's of any use:

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Info               : <my vCenter> (VMware vCenter server)
ParentId           : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Id                 : f88bf2ca-9b68-43c7-98af-5c259179a518
Uid                : f88bf2ca9b6843c798af5c259179a518
Name               : <my vCenter>
Reference          : 
Description        : vCentre.
                     Created by domain\Admin at 11/11/2018 19:12.
IsUnavailable      : False
Type               : VC
ApiVersion         : V70
PhysHostId         : a96f1eda-8f45-469a-81d3-c783aa382527
ProxyServicesCreds : 

[veremin]

Just for the purpose of testing try to remove -VMsAndTemplates switch and see whether it makes any difference? Thanks!

[tigattack]

Same error as before, I'm afraid.

[veremin]

Can you also tell us what product version you're using? v10, v11?

[tigattack]

I'm using v11.

[veremin]

Can you tell us whether you're using remote console or accessing PS module locally on backup server machine? Also, if you input $env:PSModulePath in PS session, what does it show? Thanks!

[tigattack]

I'm using the PS module on a different machine to the B&R server.
I just tried running the original commands locally (on the B&R server) and it works as expected.

$env:PSModulePath returns the following results.
Remote machine:

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C:\Users\admin\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Console\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Exchange\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\SharePoint\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\SQL\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\ActiveDirectory\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Oracle\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Teams\

B&R server:

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C:\Users\admin\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Console\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Exchange\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\SharePoint\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\SQL\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\ActiveDirectory\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Oracle\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Teams\;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Console\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Exchange\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\SharePoint\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\SQL\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\ActiveDirectory\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Oracle\;C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Explorers\Teams\

I'm not sure why the path is duplicated here, but it seems inconsequential since it works fine.

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi,

I assume you connect to Veeam B&R Server, where Backup Console is installed alongside, from a remote machine using WinRM tools (New-PSSession, Enter-PSSession)?

So, you don't have Veeam Backup console installed on your remote machine, right?

Thanks,
Oleg

[tigattack]

Hi Oleg,

No, I have the VBR console installed on the remote machine. As you may see above, C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Console\ and the explorer paths are in the PSModulePath environment variable.

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi @tigattack,

We are trying to reproduce your issue together with Dev team now. As this is a technical one, please, contact our support and share this forum thread with them. Don't forget to share the case id here as well.
In parallel, please, run the commands below on both your remote VBR console and local VBR server and post the output results.

Get modules:

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Get-Module -ListAvailable
Get-Module -All

Get assemblies:

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 [System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()|?{$_.Location -match "Veeam" `
-or $_.Location -match "VimService" -or $_.Location -match "SpsService"`
 -or $_.Location -match "InvService" -or $_.Location -match "PbmService"} 

Thanks,
Oleg

[Theepan]

Hi @tigattack and @oleg.feoktistov

Did you find a solution to this problem? I am experiencing the same error.

The command Find-VBRViEntity works fine when executed locally on the VBR server, but as soon as it's executed from a remote server, we get the same error:

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Find-VBRViEntity : An unexpected object occured [index: 8].
At line:1 char:1
+ Find-VBRViEntity -Server "<vc-server-fqdn-name>"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Find-VBRViEntity], InvalidDataException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.InvalidDataException,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.FindVBRViEntity

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi,

We have been discussing this issue with QA and Dev for a while now.
It might be happening because assemblies of some Veeam services are not being updated on a remote VBR console machine when moving from v10 to v11. Hence, the difference between assemblies' versions on a remote machine and a local server might lead to such errors. I'll update this thread as soon as I have precise answers. Meanwhile, it might be worth submitting a case and sharing the number here for further tracking.

Thanks,
Oleg

[oleg.feoktistov]

For anybody, who encountered this issue. This may happen due to assemblies not being deleted from Windows Global Assembly Cache upon VBR v9.x uninstallation. Since v10 we use a different location to keep them, but because of .NET CLR nature it still picks up these libraries from GAC. The solution is to locate outdated assemblies with the script I shared above, find them in GAC and delete from there. Due to the fact that outdated assemblies' names may differ from case to case, I'd recommend contacting our support team so that they could help you with locating the libraries and removing them from GAC. Thanks!

[tigattack]

Apologies for the delayed response and recent lack of feedback, life got in the way of my work on this project.

Thanks for the fix, Oleg, it's much appreciated.

[dionrowney]

I am trying to get the ResourcePool/VM/Datastore object but its giving me a weird error:

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Find-VBRViResourcePool -Server 'hostname.localdomain' -Name PoolName
Find-VBRViResourcePool : An unexpected object occured [index: 8].
At line:1 char:1
+ Find-VBRViResourcePool -Server 'hostname.localdomain' -Name TestPool ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Find-VBRViResourcePool], InvalidDataException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.InvalidDataException,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.FindVBRViResourcePool

Similar errors when doing Find-VBRViDatastore and Find-VBRViFolder

Last time I used these cmdlets was V9.5 and vmware 6.7

Ideas?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Dion,

I have merged your post with the existing topic, where we discussed this issue a while back. Please, check the recommendations from my last post above.

Thanks,
Oleg