Veeam 10 - get-vbrjob obsolete ?

[skewthordon86]

hello,

i have a script that well run from Veeam V9.x to get status of nightly jobs.
The cmdlet "get-vbrjob" now (from V10) returns the warning: This cmdlet is obsolete and no longer supported. To get computer backup job use "Get-VBRComputerBackupJob" instead.

I saw nothing about that in the doc https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=100

So far it works, but for how much longer?

[jhoughes]

It's an issue only when run against agent jobs, you can add '-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue' for now, it will be resolved in a future version.

[masonit]

Hi!

I struggle to understand why Get-VBRComputerBackupJob is implemented. As you say get-vbrjob says obsolete only on vbr servers with agent jobs. It becomes strange when you have both ex vmware jobs and agent jobs on same vbr. Then get-vbrjob now collects all jobs but Get-VBRComputerBackupJob only agent jobs. Will agent jobs not be collected with get-vbrjob in future updates?

\Maso

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Magnus,

That's unlikely at least in the foreseeable future as then we would break backward compatibility with numerous scripts our customers use regardless the VBR version.
If you want to prevent Get-VBRJob from displaying agent-related jobs, use property filtering:

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$jobs = Get-VBRJob -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | where {$_.BackupPlatform.Platform -ne 'ELinuxPhysical' -and $_.BackupPlatform.Platform -ne 'EEndPoint'}

Thanks,
Oleg

[sdv]

It's an issue only when run against agent jobs, you can add '-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue' for now, it will be resolved in a future version.

The message it generates is quite confusing thinking the whole command will be obsolete in future versions, but it is only for agent jobs due to the parsing it does. You mentioned it will be resolved in a future version. The alert message is still there in V11.

Can you tell if this still on the radar to be fixed or atleast have the warningtext improved anytime soon?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Stefan,

Yes, in v11 GA we changed this warning message to the following one:

WARNING: This cmdlet is no longer supported for computer backup jobs. Use "Get-VBRComputerBackupJob" instead.

Please check and let me know if it is clearer now.

Thanks,
Oleg

[sdv]

Hi Stefan,
Yes, in v11 GA we changed this warning message to the following one:
Please check and let me know if it is clearer now.
Thanks, Oleg

*confirmed*