ImmediateCopyMode no session details

[f.neumann]

Hello,

we're using Veeam PowerShell SnapIn for monitoring single Backup- and BackupCopyJobs in multiple customer-environments.

In V10 there is the new CopyJob mode "Immediate Copy". But there's no full PowerShell Support for this job-type by now.
Is there any workaround? When will there be an full implementation of this copymode? To use this feature we really depend on being able to monitor the results.

We already opened a ticket (case #04185968) but there seems to be no real workaround or ETA?

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$objVeeamBackupCopySimplemodejob = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll() | ? {$_.Name -match 'VMware-BackupCopyImmediate'}
$objVeeamBackupCopySimplemodesession = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetByJob($objVeeamBackupCopySimplemodejob.id)
$objVeeamBackupCopySimplemodesession.SessionInfo.Progress

TotalObjects             : 0
ProcessedObjects         : 0
ProcessedSize            : 0
ProcessedUsedSize        : 0
ReadSize                 : 0
ReadedAverageSize        : 0
TransferedSize           : 0
ProcessedDelta           : 0
ProcessedUsedDelta       : 0
ReadDelta                : 0
ReadedAverageDelta       : 0
TransferedDelta          : 0
StartTimeLocal           : 19.05.2020 12:05:14
StopTimeLocal            : 01.01.1900 00:00:00
StartTimeUtc             : 19.05.2020 10:05:14
StopTimeUtc              : 01.01.1900 00:00:00
Percents                 : 0
AvgSpeed                 : 0
BottleneckInfo           : Veeam.Backup.Model.CBottleneckInfo
TotalSize                : 0
TotalUsedSize            : 0
UsedSpaceRation          : 1
TotalSizeDelta           : 0
TotalUsedSizeDelta       : 0
Duration                 : 35.22:29:04.8481271
Updates                  : Veeam.Backup.Model.CBackupProgressUpdates
IsNeedSubstractReadDelay : False

When to expect an update/solution?

[veremin]

Hi, Florian,

Welcome to our community forums. Can you tell us what exact details you're trying to get for immediate backup copy job session? Chances are, there is a different way to get it.

Thanks!

[f.neumann]

Hi @veremin,

thanks for your welcome.

We're trying to get details about:
- Basic Job Information using "Get-VBRJob": Id, Name, TypeToString, IsBackupCopySimpleMode, ScheduleOptions
-- Last Session Details using "Get-VBRBackupSession": State, Result, CreationTime, EndTime, IsRetryMode
---- specific warnings/errors within that Session using "Logger.GetLog().updatedrecords"
-- Details about processed Objects within that JobSession using "Get-VBRTaskSession": Name, Status
---- specific warnings/errors within that TaskSession using "Logger.GetLog().updatedrecords"

So we can get everything using these cmdlets for VMware Backup Jobs, Hyper V Backup Jobs, Windows Agent Backup Jobs, Periodic Backup Copy Jobs, Tape Jobs. - totally fine for every job-type, except immediate copy.
For Immediate Backup Copy Jobs you can only get overall Job Result using "[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetByJob($strVeeamBackupJobId)". There are no details about progress, processed objects, total objects in this job, ...
Even if the real copy session successfully processed multiple objects ".SessionInfo.Progress" returns "0" for every Property (TotalObjects, ProcessedObjects, ProcessedSize, StopTimeUtc,... see output in my first post).

So when you are able to query details on immediate copy job sessions using "[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetByJob($strVeeamBackupJobId)", it should provide correct/full information or no information at all. If every value is "0" that's not quite helpful.

What du you think? Is there another way? - or will this be added/fixed in near future?

Thanks in advance!

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Florian,

Check out this thread for the explanation on this behaviour.
The case here is that Get-VBRBackupSession doesn't parse worker job sessions for immediate backup copy at all and the method below retrieves only parent sessions by default:

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[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetByJob($strVeeamBackupJobId)

But we are planning to fix it in one of our next product releases.
For now, here is the workaround:

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#get jobs for immediate backup copy
$job = Get-VBRJob | where {$_.JobType -eq ‘SimpleBackupCopyPolicy’}

#get child worker jobs
$workers = $job.GetWorkerJobs()

#get session details for each worker job
foreach ($worker in $workers) {
[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupSession]::GetByJob($worker.id)
}

Thanks,
Oleg

[f.neumann]

Hi Oleg,

thank you very much!

Using the workaround "GetWorkerJobs()" i can collect all/most session information we need. - Great!

We'll keep trying "Get-VBRBackupSession" after every future product release to simplify our scripts.

Thanks for your support! - A much better answer/workaround as provided by support-team!

[oleg.feoktistov]

It's always my pleasure!

[Tijz]

Hi All,

We use custom script to to report on Backup Job status within Solarwinds N-Able.

Within this script we enumerate all vbrbackupsessions using get-vbrbackupsession an report on the status of each job's session.
We recently added some Copy Jobs using the new type "immediate copy (mirror)" and it turns out those jobs aren't queryable by using get-vbrbackupsession.

Any idea on how to get the 'last state' of such copy job type?

Thanks for any help!

Tijs

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi,

Please, check the explanation above.

Thanks!