Import-session with Veeam

[theq77]

Hi there,

I do want to use import-pssession to use veeam cmdlets from a remote server.

I do

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$PS= new-pssession CTE1W01VBR0001
Invoke-Command $ps {Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSNapin; Connect-VBRServer }
Import-PSSession -Session $ps -CommandName @('New-VBRJobOptions','Set-VBRJobOptions','Get-VBRJob')

Now I´d like to do:

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$retention = New-VBRJobOptions -ForBackupJob
$retention.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = $RetentionDays
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $retention | Out-Null 

But I get this error message:

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The property 'RetainCycles' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At line:1 char:9
+         $retention.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = $RetentionDays
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException 

The same scripts works on the server without pssession.

TIA

[veremin]

Before we dig deeper into it, why don't you use a Connect-VBRServer to orchestrate PS activity on remote backup server? Thanks!

[theq77]

This way you have to install the console on the automation server - and keep it up to date, like the veeam servers.

But anyway, when this is the solution. But: I'm using system center orchestrator and therefor I have only 32bits - and your add-on seems to have 64bit.

So I know these solutions in orchestrator with PowerShell:
a) invoke-pssession
b) run powershell.exe

Or is there an other solutions, which I probably could like a bit more?