Getting Server Backup Start and End Times

[Frank_190]

I am running the Powershell report that Shawn Masterson created back in the day. Veeam v9 - My Veeam Report 9.5.3 - Shawn Masterson's Blog (smasterson.com).
I am wondering if I could get some assistance in figuring out why I am not able to get the start and end times from the backup task. Here is the code block that I think is responsible for this section.
The start and end time columns are not populating with any data.
Can someone please assist me in figuring this out?

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$taskListBk = @()
$taskListBk += $sessListBk | Get-VBRTaskSession
$successTasksBk = @($taskListBk | ?{$_.Status -eq "Success"})
$wfTasksBk = @($taskListBk | ?{$_.Status -match "Warning|Failed"})
$runningTasksBk = @()
$runningTasksBk += $runningSessionsBk | Get-VBRTaskSession | ?{$_.Status -match "Pending|InProgress"}
write-host $runningTasksBk

# Get all Backup Tasks
$bodyAllTasksBk = $null
If ($showAllTasksBk) {
  If ($taskListBk.count -gt 0) {
    If ($showDetailedBk) {
      $bodyAllTasksBk = $taskListBk | Select @{Name="VM Name"; Expression = {$_.Name}},
        @{Name="Job Name"; Expression = {$_.JobSess.Name}},
        @{Name="Start Time"; Expression = {$_.Progress.StartTime}},
       # @{Name="Start Time"; Expression = {"?"}},
        @{Name="Stop Time"; Expression = {If ($_.Progress.StopTime -eq "1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM"){"-"} Else {$_.Progress.StopTime}}},
        @{Name="Duration (HH:MM:SS)"; Expression = {Get-Duration -ts $_.Progress.Duration}},                    
        @{Name="Avg Speed (MB/s)"; Expression = {[Math]::Round($_.Progress.AvgSpeed/1MB,2)}},
        @{Name="Total (GB)"; Expression = {[Math]::Round($_.Progress.ProcessedSize/1GB,2)}},
        @{Name="Processed (GB)"; Expression = {[Math]::Round($_.Progress.ProcessedUsedSize/1GB,2)}},
        @{Name="Data Read (GB)"; Expression = {[Math]::Round($_.Progress.ReadSize/1GB,2)}},
        @{Name="Transferred (GB)"; Expression = {[Math]::Round($_.Progress.TransferedSize/1GB,2)}},
        @{Name="Details"; Expression = {($_.GetDetails()).Replace("<br />","$B$R$")}},
        Status | Sort "Start Time" | ConvertTo-HTML -Fragment
    
    } Else {
      $bodyAllTasksBk = $taskListBk | Select @{Name="VM Name"; Expression = {$_.Name}},
        @{Name="Job Name"; Expression = {$_.JobSess.Name}},
        @{Name="Start Time"; Expression = {$_.Progress.StartTime}},
        @{Name="Stop Time"; Expression = {If ($_.Progress.StopTime -eq "1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM"){"-"} Else {$_.Progress.StopTime}}},
        @{Name="Duration (HH:MM:SS)"; Expression = {Get-Duration -ts $_.Progress.Duration}},
        @{Name="Details"; Expression = {($_.GetDetails()).Replace("<br />","$B$R$")}},
        Status | Sort "Start Time" | ConvertTo-HTML -Fragment
      $bodyAllTasksBk = $subHead01 + "Backup Tasks" + $subHead02 + $bodyAllTasksBk

 

    }
  }
}

[ronnmartin61]

It might be helpful to share your updated script. I pulled the 9.x version down from the site you referenced and had to make several modifications (more needed BTW) to get it to run however none related to backup task initialization or display -

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcelzxmydhrva ... s.png?dl=0

[Frank_190]

That is the script that is posted above that I am using.

[MarkBoothmaa]

What version are you running it against?

[Frank_190]

11.0.1.1261 P20220302

[ronnmartin61]

@Frank_190 I went back to review some of the changes I made to the script to get it to run in my 11.0.1.1261 lab. I assume you've modified the version checking logic as it definitely fails out of the box. We migrated from a Powershell snapin to a Powershell module recently so the snapin load needs to be removed from the original script as well. There were also some repo size properties that have changed since v9 that had to be updated. If you have time please try my modified version - https://www.dropbox.com/t/D8smxuqwEXRsHdvq

[Frank_190]

@ronnmartin61 Thank you for the updated code. That helped. Looks like the "$_.Progress.StartTime" in my version needs to be updated to "$_.Progress.StartTimeLocal".

[ronnmartin61]

Ah interesting. Glad it helped!

[albertwt]

Thank you for sharting the updated script @Ronn