Setting The 'Periodic Copy' Start Time for Copy Jobs

[ratkinsonuk]

I'm trying to set the recycle time on a copy job using the code below (I can't find a cmdlet anywhere), but it requires a 'CModifiedUserInfo' object to be passed. Any idea what the methods look like for that function or how I create the object?

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$CopyJob = Get-VBRJob -Name $CopyJobName
$CopyJobOptions = $CopyJob.Options
$CopyJobOptions.GenerationPolicy.SyncIntervalStartTime = "16:30:00"
$CopyJob.SetOptions($CopyOptions, $null)


Exception calling "SetOptions" with "2" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
At line:4 char:5
+     $CopyJob.SetOptions($CopyOptions, $null)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullReferenceException


$CopyJob.SetOptions

void SetOptions(Veeam.Backup.Model.CJobOptions jobOptions, Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo initiator)

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Robert,

In such cases usually the answer is held inside the method signature. So, there we see the full name of the needed class: Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo (namespace + class name). If you go to this class and access it with Powerhell ISE or VS Code with Powershell extension, Intellisense will display hints on class members :

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[Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo]:: # here the class members should appear

I would probably go with one of these options:

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[Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo]::CurrentWinUser
[Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo]::CreateForPowershell()

But did you try using Set-VBRJobOptions cmdlet instead?

Thanks,
Oleg

[ratkinsonuk]

Thanks Oleg. I've managed to find the route through using your suggested 'Set-VBRJobOptions'.

Regarding exposing the methods, the command you gave is invalid. If I use the command below, those methods that are clearly part of the oject still don't appear in the list?

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PS U:\WindowsPowerShell\Powershell Projects\Veeam Utilities> [Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo] | get-member -force



   TypeName: System.RuntimeType

Name                           MemberType   Definition
----                           ----------   ----------
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psadapted                      MemberSet    psadapted {Module, Assembly, TypeHandle, DeclaringMethod, BaseType, UnderlyingSystemType, FullName, AssemblyQualifiedName, Namespace, GUID, IsEnum, GenericParameterAttributes, I...
psbase                         MemberSet    psbase {Module, Assembly, TypeHandle, DeclaringMethod, BaseType, UnderlyingSystemType, FullName, AssemblyQualifiedName, Namespace, GUID, IsEnum, GenericParameterAttributes, IsSe...
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DeclaredFields                 Property     System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.FieldInfo] DeclaredFields {get;}
DeclaredMembers                Property     System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.MemberInfo] DeclaredMembers {get;}
DeclaredMethods                Property     System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.MethodInfo] DeclaredMethods {get;}
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IsAutoLayout                   Property     bool IsAutoLayout {get;}
IsByRef                        Property     bool IsByRef {get;}
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IsCOMObject                    Property     bool IsCOMObject {get;}
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IsEnum                         Property     bool IsEnum {get;}
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IsImport                       Property     bool IsImport {get;}
IsInterface                    Property     bool IsInterface {get;}
IsLayoutSequential             Property     bool IsLayoutSequential {get;}
IsMarshalByRef                 Property     bool IsMarshalByRef {get;}
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IsNestedAssembly               Property     bool IsNestedAssembly {get;}
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IsNestedFamily                 Property     bool IsNestedFamily {get;}
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IsNestedPrivate                Property     bool IsNestedPrivate {get;}
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[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Robert,

They don't appear in the list, because you called Get-Member on RuntimeType class, not on CModifiedUserInfo. Long story short, it means you rendered common properties and methods, which can describe or act on any class. But not those implemented in a particular class.

Here is the way you can obtain the list of implemented methods for a particular class:

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[Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo].DeclaredMethods | select Name

Thanks,
Oleg

[ratkinsonuk]

Thanks again Oleg. I finally managed to get the Intellisense working in VS, but it was extremely intermittent. I suspect it has something to do with my username document locations being redirected to a file server which is hanging off the end of a VPN connection.

That's still a useful command to know though. I'm more used to working with PHP which is capable of dynamically dumping object information. I think I need to write an equivalent tool in Powershell so I can easily see what buried properties the Veeam cmdlets are returning.

Cheers, Rob.

[oleg.feoktistov]

Have never worked with PHP, but get it. I think the main problem with writing such a tool in Powershell is that we would need to actually have something in cmdlet output to then see what is the object type etc. The way I could think of that we can query it without instantiating or decompiling anything would be to launch an extended search across .NET namespaces based on cmdlet noun notation (e.g. take VBRComputerBackupJob from Get-VBRComputerBackupJob). Since the objects our cmdlets return have either VBR*, C* or VSB* prefixes (rarely it is some boolean or datetime value), they could be validated with this approach. Then you can simply obtain their properties and methods with the code above. Thanks!

[ratkinsonuk]

It was more about expanding out the properties of objects, in the first instance. For example, Get-VBRJob returns huge amounts of information, but the command below only exposes the first level. My Object dumper would expose all levels....

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$job = get-vbrjob -name DEV_WEEKLY_AUTOMIC_BACKUP

$job | Format-List

LogNameMainPart              : DEV_WEEKLY_AUTOMIC_BACKUP
FreeBackupImpl               :
IsFree                       : False
UserCryptoKey                :
Uid                          : e63b6619-a58d-4c2d-96b8-db986a05cbb2
Id                           : e63b6619-a58d-4c2d-96b8-db986a05cbb2
Info                         : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDbBackupJobInfo
JobType                      : Backup
SourceType                   : VDDK
JobTargetType                : Backup
TargetType                   : Other
TypeToString                 : VMware Backup
Description                  : Dev Weekly Automic  backup
                               SQL Servers backup system disk only
Name                         : DEV_WEEKLY_AUTOMIC_BACKUP
BackupPlatform               : EVmware
TargetHostId                 : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
TargetDir                    : ddboost://UKDCGDDM01.uk.randomhouse.com:VEEAM_DCGDDM01_AUTOMIC_REPOSITORY@/
TargetFile                   : DEV_WEEKLY_AUTOMIC_BACKUP
Options                      : Veeam.Backup.Model.CJobOptions
IsContinuous                 : False
BackupPolicyTag              :
NameWithDescription          : DEV_WEEKLY_AUTOMIC_BACKUP (Dev Weekly Automic  backup SQL Servers backup system disk
                               only)
SqlEnabled                   : False
OracleEnabled                : False
PostgreSqlEnabled            : False
ParentJobId                  :
ParentScheduleId             :
Usn                          : 182107647
PolicyJobId                  : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
IsCdpReplica                 : False
HvReplicaTargetOptions       : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomHvReplicaTargetOptions
BackupStorageOptions         : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomBackupStorageOptions
BackupTargetOptions          : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomBackupTargetOptions
HvSourceOptions              : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomHvSourceOptions
NotificationOptions          : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomNotificationOptions
JobScriptCommand             : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomJobScriptCommand
VcdReplicaOptions            : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomVcdReplicaOptions
ViReplicaTargetOptions       : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomViReplicaTargetOptions
CloudReplicaTargetOptions    : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomCloudReplicaTargetOptions
ViSourceOptions              : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDomViSourceOptions
VssOptions                   : VssSnapshotOptions: [Enabled: [True], ApplicationProcessingEnabled: [True],
                               IgnoreErrors: [False], IsCopyOnly: [False], UsePersistentGuestAgent: [False]],
                               WinGuestFSIndexingOptions: [Type: [None]], LinGuestFSIndexingOptions: [Type: [None]],
                               SqlBackupOptions: [TransactionLogsProcessing: [TruncateOnlyOnSuccessJob],
                               BackupLogsFrequencyMin: [15], UseDbBackupRetention: [True], RetainDays: [15],
                               ProxyAutoSelect: [True]FailJobOnDbAbsenceOrBackupImpossibility: [False]],
                               ExchangeBackupOptions: [TransactionLogsProcessing: [TruncateOnlyOnSuccessJob]],
                               WinCredsId: [1ed05a01-9163-4245-acee-dda1158873f0], LinCredsId:
                               [00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000], Old Properties: [Enabled: [True], IgnoreErrors:
                               [False], GuestFSIndexingType: [None], IncludedIndexingFolders: [],
                               ExcludedIndexingFolders: [], LinGuestFSIndexingType: [None],
                               LinIncludedIndexingFolders: [], LinExcludedIndexingFolders: [], IsFirstUsage: [True]]
ScheduleOptions              : Start time: [30/10/2021 08:30:00], Latest run time: [25/10/2021 12:33:04], Timeout for
                               backup completion: [180min], Next run time: [], Retry times on failure: [3], Retry
                               timeout: [10 min], Daily options: [Enabled: True, DayNumberInMonth: SelectedDays, Days:
                               Saturday]
IsChildJob                   : False
IsRunning                    : False
IsIdle                       : False
IsScheduleEnabled            : True
SourceProxyAutoDetect        : True
IsDeleted                    : False
IsInitialReplica             : False
IsMappingReplica             : False
IsEpPolicy                   : False
IsBackupPolicy               : False
IsBackup                     : True
IsBackupSync                 : False
IsBackupCopy                 : False
IsTapeCopy                   : False
IsStorageCopy                : False
IsPluginBackupCopy           : False
IsBackupCopySimpleMode       : False
IsLogBackupCopy              : False
IsWorkerJob                  : False
IsLogBackupCopyWorkerJob     : False
IsChildWorkerJob             : False
IsPolicyJob                  : False
IsSnapshotReplica            : False
IsLegacyReplica              : False
IsReplica                    : False
IsCloudReplica               : False
IsVmCopy                     : False
IsTapeBackup                 : False
HasNoJobRecord               : False
IsFileTapeBackup             : False
IsVmTapeBackup               : False
IsNasBackup                  : False
IsNasBackupCopy              : False
IsAgentManagementChildJob    : False
IsAgentManagementParentJob   : False
IsAgentPolicyChildJob        : False
IsAgentStandaloneJob         : False
LinkedJobs                   : {}
LinkedJobIds                 : {}
LinkedRepositories           : {}
LinkedRepositoryIds          : {}
LinkedBackups                : {}
IsForeverIncremental         : False
IsBackupJob                  : True
IsEndpointJob                : False
IsLinuxEndpointJob           : False
IsMacEndpointJob             : False
SheduleEnabledTime           : 24/04/2019 17:24:17
IsBackupCopyGfsEnabled       : False
AutoScheduleOptions          : Veeam.Backup.Model.CAutoScheduleOptions
PreviousJobIdInScheduleChain :
LatestRunLocal               : 23/10/2021 08:30:14

For info, here's how the PHP Var_Dump() function works. The third element of the $a array is a nested array, but is still automatically expanded by the function....

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<?php
$a = array(1, 2, array("a", "b", "c"));
var_dump($a);
?>

The above example will output:

array(3) {
  [0]=>
  int(1)
  [1]=>
  int(2)
  [2]=>
  array(3) {
    [0]=>
    string(1) "a"
    [1]=>
    string(1) "b"
    [2]=>
    string(1) "c"
  }
}

I'm sure such a tool already exists in the Powershell world somewhere - it's just a case of tracking it down!

[ratkinsonuk]

After a fair bit of Googling, I'm stunned that I can only find a single project that appears to tackle this problem. Unfortunately, it doesn't cater for the extended object types Veeam creates

https://github.com/9999years/PSVarDump

[soncscy]

Sorry but is there a reason Get-Member for the above isn't appropriate? Get-Member has the -Type parameter to filter it out:

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PS /Users/hc> $object = Get-Date                   
PS /Users/hc> $object | Get-Member -Type           
AliasProperty          Dynamic                Method                 Properties             ScriptProperty         
All                    Event                  Methods                Property               
CodeMethod             InferredProperty       NoteProperty           PropertySet            
CodeProperty           MemberSet              ParameterizedProperty  ScriptMethod           
PS /Users/hc> $object | Get-Member -Type Propert
Properties   Property     PropertySet  
PS /Users/hc> $object | Get-Member -Type properties
                   
                  
   TypeName: System.DateTime 
Name        MemberType     Definition
----        ----------     ----------
DisplayHint NoteProperty   DisplayHintType DisplayHint=DateTime
Date        Property       datetime Date {get;}
Day         Property       int Day {get;}
DayOfWeek   Property       System.DayOfWeek DayOfWeek {get;}
DayOfYear   Property       int DayOfYear {get;}
Hour        Property       int Hour {get;}
Kind        Property       System.DateTimeKind Kind {get;}
Millisecond Property       int Millisecond {get;}
Minute      Property       int Minute {get;}
Month       Property       int Month {get;}
Second      Property       int Second {get;}
Ticks       Property       long Ticks {get;}
TimeOfDay   Property       timespan TimeOfDay {get;}
Year        Property       int Year {get;}
DateTime    ScriptProperty System.Object DateTime {get=if ((& { Set-StrictMode -Version 1; $this.DisplayHint }) -ieq  "Date")…

The output of the objects are objects, yes, but Get-Member should do exactly what you need. A custom array like you found or in your example doesn't really work cause Powershell handles it differently as it's actually multiple items added to the array. You can cast it as PSCustomObject and return what you're more thinking I think:

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PS /Users/hc> $CustomArray = [pscustomobject]@{Name=[string]"Hello";Number=[int]"12"}
PS /Users/hc> $cu
cursorColumn               CustomArray                CurrentlyExecutingCommand  
PS /Users/hc> $CustomArray

Name  Number
----  ------
Hello     12

PS /Users/hc> $CustomArray | gm


   TypeName: System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject
Name        MemberType   Definition
----        ----------   ----------
Equals      Method       bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method       int GetHashCode()
GetType     Method       type GetType()
ToString    Method       string ToString()
Name        NoteProperty string Name=Hello
Number      NoteProperty int Number=12

PS /Users/hc> $CustomArray.Name
Hello
PS /Users/hc> $CustomArray.Number
12

[ratkinsonuk]

Only in that Get-Member isn't recursive Harvey (AFAIK).

The structure for some of the Veeam objects can be a little hard to work with especially finding that particular setting you're looking for. Searching through a recursive output 'might' help. It's perhaps not an appropriate conversation here as it's a Powershell issue rather than Veeam.

Rob.

[soncscy]

It can be though, but you need to pass it to Format-Custom afaik and use the -Depth parameter (accepts an int value) and for -Property just define *.

I must admit I never did this with Veeam Objects as it's not how I go about it (it's not really how powershell works tbh), but play with this a bit: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powers ... rshell-7.1

[ratkinsonuk]

Thanks Harvey, setting the depth to 5 gave around 4000 lines of information, and is just what I wanted.

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$VBRJobObjects | format-custom -depth 5 | out-file "rob.txt"

. . . . . . .

      GenerationPolicy = 
        class CDomGenerationPolicy
        {
          EnableDeletedVmDataRetention = True
          DeletedVmsDataRetentionPeriodDays = 90
          IsBackupCopySimpleMode = False
          RecoveryPointObjectiveValue = 1
          RecoveryPointObjectiveUnit = Day
          SyncIntervalStartTime = 
            class TimeSpan
            {
              Ticks = 270000000000
              Days = 0
              Hours = 7
              Milliseconds = 0
              Minutes = 30
              Seconds = 0
              TotalDays = 0.3125
              TotalHours = 7.5
              TotalMilliseconds = 27000000
              TotalMinutes = 450
              TotalSeconds = 27000
            }
          DeletionGuardDays = 21
          UseDeletionGuardDays = True
          RetentionPolicyType = Simple
          KeepGfsBackup = False
          SimpleRetentionRestorePoints = 7
          EnableCompactFull = False

[soncscy]

Ahahaha I'm happy you got what you wanted

I must admit I rarely use this, but if it works for you, I'm happy to help.

To be clear, I __do__ get your commentaries on Powershell's "uniqueness". It's a very weird language that wants to be bash, C#, and its own thing all at once, and the end result is that it's none of these in the long run. It can be quite useable, and I love the portability it has (I write a script for my Veeam using clients, and I know in general it works on all environments unless I start using .NET methods). But at the same time, the ubiquity comes only with heavy limitations, and you can't treat it like a proper language because of this (without using fairly obscure cmdlets like the above). Similarly, you can't get the same utility you get with bash because PowerShell is just far too slow for such things and too cumbersome in most cases.

It's a language I love to hate, but I must admit I use it far more than I ever thought I would, and I actually take time to write powershell scripts I intend to maintain; I cannot say the same about bash scripts we write for clients.