Powershell script for file restores

[mattGamm]

Hello There,

I am trying to create a PowerShell script to restore a file from a backup job which will then run on a monthly bases to test the backups, so far have managed to create the following;

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Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin

$restore_point = Get-VBRBackup | Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "SERVER" | Sort-Object –Property CreationTime –Descending | Select-Object -First 1

$restore_start = Start-VBRWindowsFileRestore -RestorePoint $restore_point -Reason "For testing purposes"

# $restore_credentials = Get-VBRCredentials -Name "DOMAIN\Admin"

$restore_session = Get-VBRRestoreSession | ?{$_.state -eq "Working" -and  $Id -eq $restore_start.MountSession.RestoreSessionInfo.Uid}

Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore -Path  "C:\Scripts\" -RestorePolicy Keep -Session $restore_session

Stop-VBRWindowsFileRestore $restore_start 

But we get this error message;

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Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore : Connection exception
At C:\Scripts\TestRestoreV3.ps1:13 char:1
+ Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore -Path "C:\Scripts\" -RestorePolicy Keep -Sessio ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore], ConnectionException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartWindowsGuestItemRestore,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.StartVBRWindowsGuestItemRestore 

I am not sure what I am missing regarding the connection exception issue is

some of the script has come from https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchang ... tegration/

Thanks,

Matt

[HannesK]

Hello,
and welcome to the forums.

As far as I see, you removed the credentials part. Without credentials, there is no way to log into the machine and do the file level restore.

Best regards,
Hannes

[mattGamm]

Hello,
Thank you Hannes for your reply I have added the credentials part back in now get this message;

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Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'GuestCredentials'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the 
argument, and then try running the command again.
At C:\Scripts\TestRestoreV3.ps1:13 char:118
+ ... estCredentials $restore_credentials
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.StartVBRWindowsGuestItemRestore

Thanks again,

Matt

[soncscy]

Hi Matt,

The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the
argument, and then try running the command again.

Basically, $restore_credentials is empty -- run exactly what you put for the command in the Powershell console without trying to save it to some variable and post the output.

Would suggest that the cmdlet just couldn't find any credentials that matched the criteria you provided.

[Natalia Lupacheva]

Hi Matt,

Maybe this description would help, please take a look at the example.
Did you try to add -GuestCredentials parameter as it's described?

Thanks!

[oleg.feoktistov]

Make sure you passed CCredentials object obtained with Get-VBRCredentials and not PSCredential, which is retrieved with native cmdlet. Thanks!

[mattGamm]

Hello,

I have used the following;

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Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin

$restore_point = Get-VBRBackup | Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "SERVER" | Sort-Object –Property CreationTime –Descending | Select-Object -First 1

$restore_start = Start-VBRWindowsFileRestore -RestorePoint $restore_point -Reason "For testing purposes"

$restore_credentials = Get-VBRCredentials -Name "Domain\VeeamServiceAccount"

$restore_session = Get-VBRRestoreSession | ?{$_.state -eq "Working" -and  $Id -eq $restore_start.MountSession.RestoreSessionInfo.Uid}

Start-VBRWindowsGuestItemRestore -Path "C:\Scripts\" -RestorePolicy Keep -Session $restore_session -GuestCredentials $restore_credentials

Stop-VBRWindowsFileRestore $restore_start

was using my Admin account but change it to use the Service Account that Veeam uses for backing up and is now working.

Thanks,

Matt

[chengeel]

Hi,

I test above script... but getting this error

Add-PSSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in 'VeeamPSSnapin' is not installed on this computer.
At C:\Scripts\RestoreTest.ps1:1 char:1
+ Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (VeeamPSSnapin:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand

[Mildur]

Hi Chengeel

VeeamPSSnapin was removed in version 11. It is not required anymore.
Does the script work if you remove the line "Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin"?

Best,
Fabian