[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob] - Object reference not set to an instance of an object. (v12)

[Marco-ITSM]

Hi,

we just upgraded our Veeam Installation from v11 to v12.

In one of our powershell scripts, I call the following function, because its faster than get-vbrjob:

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[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll()

which in v12 generates the following error:

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Exception calling "GetAll" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
At line:1 char:1
+ [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetAll()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullReferenceException

Now the fun part: if i call get-vbrjob before calling the .net function, the .net function works fine afterwards.



any ideas?

[david.domask]

Hi @Marco-ITSM, check my answer here:

post480167.html#p480167

Basically, this is kind of one of the risks of using .NET reflection It's not supported method; I get why you're using it, and hopefully we will see improvements on the officially supported cmdlets in the future, but for now you'll need to use this workaround for your scripts relying on .NET reflection.