Getting session logs for GFS trough powershell

[maanlicht]

Background:
I recently implemented a GFS routine using synthetic fulls for some data I need to store long term. I would like to monitor the successful creation of these weekly GFS backups to guarantee I am covered long term. I am aware Veeam One has some possibilities here but I dont have it and am currently not interrested.

Challange:
Since GFS is a routine that runs on top of the normal routines. This means the logs for backups sessions get mixed for both routines. In the Veeam console I can clearly identify GFS backups if I look at the properties of the backupset. They are marked with an 'M' in the retention column.

Question:
Is there a powershell way to get or filter the sessions of GFS backups? I am specifically looking for the result of these sessions and its dates.

[david.domask]

Hi @maanlicht,

As you noted, the Synthetic Full process is a sub-task (vaguely) of a normal job, so right now I'm not aware of supported ways of tracking this.

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You can use an unsupported method from the link above; filter on the outputs from GetRecordsSortedByOrdinalID() (I usually just validate the title with some regex to capture the Synthetic Full entries), and then report based on the session result.

[maanlicht]

Great! I'll give that a shot! Thanks!