Veeam 9 Pre and Post Scripts Issue

[fkckbrown]

As a work around to issues for tape backup, and some issues with the GFS Tape Backup, I have setup jobs for the tape backups to do our Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly. When we run the Monthly or Yearly, we do not run the Weekly. To do this, I created some Powershell scripts that will disable the Weekly Job and have them staggered in the start time (Weekly is last to start). According to the job history the script ran without an issue (I am using a bat file to execute the powershell), but job did not disable. I tested it manually and the batch file executed the powershell and the Weekly Jobs were disabled. Currently, I do not have anything piping to a file. Any thoughts on what could be the issue?

Below are the scripts for the disable and enable, including batch file (<FQDN> is a place holder for the Fully Qualified Domain Name, which is in the script).

Disable:

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Add-PSSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Disconnect-VBRServer
Connect-VBRServer -server <FQDN>
Get-VBRTapeJob -Name "Weekly Full to Tape AM", "Weekly Full to Tape PM" | Disable-VBRJob | out-null
Write-Host -ForegroundColor DarkGreen "Done"

Enable:

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Add-PSSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Disconnect-VBRServer
Connect-VBRServer -server <FQDN>
Get-VBRTapeJob -Name "Weekly Full to Tape AM", "Weekly Full to Tape PM" | Enable-VBRJob | out-null
Write-Host -ForegroundColor DarkGreen "Done"

Batch Enable:

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@ECHO OFF
Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File C:\VeeamScripts\WeeklyEnable.ps1
EXIT

Batch Disable:

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@ECHO OFF
Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File C:\VeeamScripts\WeeklyDisable.ps1
EXIT

[veremin]

What account did you use during manual tests? Was it a veeam service account or a different one? Thanks.

[fkckbrown]

It was a different one. Does the service account have to have admin access to Veeam (it already has admin access to the server)?

[veremin]

Correct, the account under which you're planning to execute VB&R scripts should have admin rights on backup server. Thanks.

[fkckbrown]

Will backup operator work instead of being a full admin? I believe a backup operator has the ability to disable/enable jobs, I am just not sure if they would have the access through powershell.

[veremin]

Nope, as there is no such thing as granular commandlet permissions. Thanks.