Schedule Restores

[goldleader80]

I'm looking at setting up scheduled restores using a powershell script and Task Scheduler. I'm having a little bit of trouble with the powershell script though and the VBRRestoreVM cmdlet.

First off i'm on Veeam 6.5 and the script i'm using is as follows:

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$rp = Get-VBRRestorePoint –Backup(Get-VBRBackup –Name “Regular #3”) –Name PRNSRV* | select –Last 1
$server = Get-VBRServer –Name "esx2"
$datast = Find-VBRViDatastore -Server $server -Name "VOL06"
Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $rp -Server $server -Datastore $datast -VMName "PRNSRV-restore" -PowerUp FASLE

When i run this script i get the following errors:

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Start-VBRRestoreVM : Cannot convert 'System.String' to the type 'System.Boolean
' required by parameter 'PowerUp'.
At line:1 char:110
+ Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $rp -Server $server -Datastore $datast -VMNa
me "PRNSRV-restore" -PowerUp <<<<  FASLE
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-VBRRestoreVM], Param
   eterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Co
   mmand.StartVBRRestoreVM

I know its something to do with the PowerUp switch but don't know what?

Also i would like to be able to tell the script which network the VM should be connected to (ie a test network) but can't seem to find a command for this.

Thanks
Edwin

[Martin9700]

Looks like you misspelled the word FALSE

[goldleader80]

Thanks feel very silly, sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees.

Anyway i changed my typo however i still get the same output:

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PS C:\Users\svcveeam> Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $rp -Server $server -Data
store $datast -VMName "PRNSRV-restore" -PowerUp FALSE
Start-VBRRestoreVM : Cannot convert 'System.String' to the type 'System.Boolean
' required by parameter 'PowerUp'.
At line:1 char:110
+ Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $rp -Server $server -Datastore $datast -VMNa
me "WBPRNSRV06-restore" -PowerUp <<<<  FALSE
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-VBRRestoreVM], Param
   eterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Co
   mmand.StartVBRRestoreVM

[Martin9700]

Yeah, makes sense. Should have seen that! Now try changing it to $false

And if that doesn't work we can try

-PowerUp:$false

[goldleader80]

The $false seems to have fixed the problem the job has now started. Thank you very much.

Do you have any ideas about my other problem about setting the network for the restored VM to be connected to in the script?

Thanks

[Martin9700]

I haven't used it, but it looks like Set-VMHostNetwork from the PowerCLI tools, or perhaps Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter might be the ones you need. You can look at the help to get more information:

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Help Set-VMHostNetwork -Full

[veremin]

Also i would like to be able to tell the script which network the VM should be connected to (ie a test network) but can't seem to find a command for this.

As far as I know, there is no such functionality available in VB&R PowerShell console at the moment.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.

[Martin9700]

Yeah, can't imagine why they would try to duplicate functionality found in the VMware Powershell tools. Department of Redundancy Department kinda stuff

[goldleader80]

Ok thanks for that.

Last question then i now have a .ps1 script, how would i go about executing that from within a scheduled task?

I have tested at the run command the following:

powershell -file "C:\script.ps1"

But this doesn't seem to work.

I know i can run scripts because i have set the thing a forget the name so it runs any scripts and have tested running the script from within the powershell window itself.

[goldleader80]

Just been looking at this and i guess its because i need to load the Veeam Backup Powershell Toolkit from the command line and not just standard powershell. Anyone know how to do this?

[veremin]

Just add the following line responsible for adding Veeam PowerShell Snapin to the beginning of your script:

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asnp VeeamPSSnapin

More information regarding script execution via Windows Scheduler can be found here.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.

[goldleader80]

Ok i have added Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapIn to my script so it now looks like this:

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Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapIn
$rp = Get-VBRRestorePoint –Backup(Get-VBRBackup –Name “NTFS Regular #3”) –Name PRNSRV* | select –Last 1
$server = Get-VBRServer –Name "esx2"
$datast = Find-VBRViDatastore -Server $server -Name "VOL06"
Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint $rp -Server $server -Datastore $datast -VMName "PRNSRV-restore" -PowerUp $false

And if i run the cmd:

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powershell -file "c:\scripts\prnsrv.ps1"

A powershell window opens with nothing in, hangs for a few minutes then disappears and the job doesn't start????

[goldleader80]

Ok figured it out. CMD needed to be ran as administrator.

Thanks for all the help

[Martin9700]

I wrote a how-to on how to run Powershell as scheduled tasks, might be useful.

http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/ ... -scheduler