powershell documentation

[jftuga]

Where might I find the powershell documentation for the "VeeamPSSnapin" snap-in for Backup & Replication 5.0.2 Enterprise. From the .chm help file, it suggests running "Get-VBRCommand" and "GetVBRToolkitDocumentation", but neither of these commands work for me: The term 'Get-VBRCommand' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

After installing Veeam, I only see Start Menu -> Programs -> Veeam -> Veeam Backup and Replication. Since there is no icon for Veeam Powershell on the menu, I am unsure of the proper way to invoke a Veeam enabled shell. Therefore, I am starting a generic powershell on Server 2008 R2 and then typing in "Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin" as my first command. Get-VBRJob works as well as GetVBRJobOptions.

What I would really like is a PDF containing all of the commands, examples, etc. My end goal is to create about 30 new jobs with very specific settings. I believe this task will be much smoother, faster, and less error prone using powershell vs using the GUI.

Thanks,
-John

[Gostev]

PDF you are looking for is the User Guide. Please refer to page 171 and onwards. This section provides both the information on how to obtain full documentation on all available PowerShell extensions, as well as some great examples. There are also many scripts posted on this forum by our users.

Note that PowerShell prompt with Veeam PowerShell snap-in already registered can be opened via Tools menu in the Veeam B&R console.

Thanks!

[jftuga]

Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Is there anyway to launch the veeam enabled PS conole without having to start B&R first?

-John

[Gostev]

Yes, and you have explained the way in your first post

[harsh.shah]

Hi I am also facing the same problem. I have tried this and nothing works

[foggy]

Harsh, what exactly does not work for you? Were you managed to open a PowerShell prompt via Tools menu in the Veeam B&R UI or by starting a generic Windows PowerShell and executing "Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin" command?

[Sethbartlett]

To do "Get-VBRCommand" outside of Veeam, you will want to do:

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asnp VeeamPSSnapin
get-command -pssnapin "VeeamPSSnapIn"

The asnp is to add the snapin, the get-command is "Get-VBRCommand". For some reason, get-vbrcommand was a function built within the .ps1 file that is loaded into Veeam and not a cmdlet instead, so use that and you can get a list of the commands outside of the Veeam console.

[harsh.shah]

I have fixed the issue now by adding the following

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if((Get-PSSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
    Add-PSSnapin "VeeamPSSnapIn"
}

Thanks

[jftuga]

This is very helpful for me!

Thanks,
-John