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Dario.Palmisano
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Is "EnableScheduler()" always available?

Post by Dario.Palmisano »

Hello,

I have a script to manage my backup jobs.

After the latest update to Veeam Backup and Replication (v. 9.5.0.1536), my scripts interrupts with error:

'Cannot find an overload for "EnableScheduler" and the argument count: "0".

I suppose when I run the following script fragment:

$Jobs[$JobSlot] = Get-VBRJob -Name $CopyJob

$JobName = $Jobs[$JobSlot].Name
$JobNameList += $JobName
LogMessage "Backup-Log" "Enabling: $JobName"
$Jobs[$JobSlot].EnableScheduler()

Is "EnableScheduler()" always available?

The fragment was perfectly working before the update!

Thanks
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Re: Is "EnableScheduler()" always available?

Post by tsightler »

Note that the error message does not say the method isn't available, it says it could not find an overload for calling this method with "0" arguments. That's because, in 9.5 U3, most functions that modify a job now require an argument of type Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo. Based on my testing you should be able to simply pass $null in most of these cases so EnableScheduler($null) should work.

That being said, when possible, it's probably best to use the available cmdlets rather than calling methods directly. The cmdlets are far less likely to have arbitrary changes like this so if your code looked something like the following instead, it would work the same with any recent version, including 9.5U3:

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$Jobs[$JobSlot] = Get-VBRJob -Name $CopyJob

$JobName = $Jobs[$JobSlot].Name
$JobNameList += $JobName
LogMessage "Backup-Log" "Enabling: $JobName"
Enable-VBRJobSchedule $Jobs[$JobSlot]
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Re: Is "EnableScheduler()" always available?

Post by tdewin »

Like Tom said, best to use the cmdlets instead of functions. Btw you can find the overload by just printing the functions without brackets e.g.:

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PS C:\Users\timothy> $d = get-date
PS C:\Users\timothy> $d.AddDays

OverloadDefinitions
-------------------
datetime AddDays(double value)
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Re: Is "EnableScheduler()" always available?

Post by reaperhammer »

I have a similar issue, 9.5u3 requires aditional overloads for commands.

This script used to work now errors:

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$jobs = Get-VBRJob | where {$_.JobType -eq "Backup" -or $_.JobType -eq "Replica"}
foreach ($Job in $jobs){
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.ViSourceOptions.DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled = $True
$Job.SetOptions($Options)
}
Cannot find an overload for "SetOptions" and the argument count: "1".
At line:4 char:1
+ $Job.SetOptions($Options)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodCountCouldNotFindBest


It appears I need to create this object with type "Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo" for the script to work now, how can I create an object with that type?

$job | gm | ?{$_.name -like "setoptions"} | fl *

TypeName : Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob
Name : SetOptions
MemberType : Method
Definition : void SetOptions(Veeam.Backup.Model.CJobOptions jobOptions, Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo initiator)
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Re: Is "EnableScheduler()" always available?

Post by tsightler »

As stated above, probably best is to switch from calling method directly to using the appropriate cmdlet. The following command:

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$Job.SetOptions($Options)
Becomes:

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Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $Options
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