How to Select Upgradable Repositories

[ratkinsonuk]

Anyone know where the upgradable flag is stored for the Upgrade-VBRBackup cmdlet? Basically, I'm trying to work out which repositories still need upgrading to the new v12 format.

I've listed out the Get-VBRRepository object, but the only field showing is UsePerVMBackupFiles. I can't see the equivalent 'UseIndividualMetadataFiles' anywhere.

Cheers, Rob.

[Mildur]

Hi Robert

You don't upgrade repositories, you upgrade backups.
So you should use Get-VBRBackup to determine which backups were not upgraded yet.

If I remember correctly, you can use property IsTruePerVmContainer to check for non-upgraded backup jobs.

Best,
Fabian

[ratkinsonuk]

Ah, the cmdlet accepts a repository.

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Upgrade-VBRBackup [-BackupRepository <CBackupRepository>] [-Force] [-RunAsync]  [<CommonParameters>]

No worries - I'll try upgrading by backup instead.

[Mildur]

It accepts either repositories or backups.

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Upgrade-VBRBackup [-Backup <CBackup[]>] [-Force] [-RunAsync]  [<CommonParameters>]

You can run it against an entire repository. Already upgraded backups won't be upgraded again. They shouldn't be touched.

Best,
Fabian

[ratkinsonuk]

Just noticed the JobType also seems to change after the upgrade, so another way to select outstanding backups...

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get-vbrbackup -name *esk*_backup | select jobname,jobtype

JobName                                   JobType
-------                                   -------
PROD_DAILY_REMOTEDESKTOP_BACKUP PerVmParentBackup
PROD_DAILY_REMOTEDESKTOP_BACKUP PerVmParentBackup
DEV_WEEKLY_ESK_BACKUP           PerVmParentBackup
PROD_DAILY_ESK_BACKUP                      Backup
DEV_WEEKLY_ESK_BACKUP           PerVmParentBackup
PROD_DAILY_ESK_BACKUP           PerVmParentBackup