How to shut down a VM before backup and the power on again?

[Morgenstern72]

We use ESX 5.5 and 6.0
I just upgraded our VMWare Mirage server to a cluster, but this makes backup much more difficult. It would be much easier (and has no impact on users) to shut down both VMS, make a (SAN) snapshot, power them on again and backup just that snapshot. Is there an easy way to do that with veeam?

Any help with details on how to do would be very appreciated

[eshteinman]

you need install VMware powercli on veeam server and run veeam process from user that have permissions to start and shutdown VM

Then in veeam job configure pre-job script:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -executionpolicy Remotesigned -Command Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapIn; Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core; Connect-VIServer -Server "you vcenter server name"; Shutdown-VMGuest -VM "you vm name" -Server lbn-vc4-01 -Confirm:0; do{$vm=Get-VM -Name "you vm name"}while ($vm.PowerState -eq \"PoweredOn\")
and post-job script:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -executionpolicy Remotesigned -Command Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapIn; Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core; Connect-VIServer -Server "you vcenter server name"; Start-VM -VM "you vm name" -Server "you vcenter server name"; Start-Sleep -s 90

[Morgenstern72]

Does the post-script start after the snapshot is done or after the backup job is finished?

[veremin]

This is an English-speaking forum, so, kindly please avoid using any languages but English.

And answering your question - post-job script starts after a job is finished, post-thaw script (also available in GUI) takes place as soon as a snapshot is removed.

Thanks.

[Morgenstern72]

I find before and after scripts, but no post-thaw. Where can I find this?

[Gostev]

Guest Processing step.