This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.

Rescan-VBREntity

Short Description

Rescans backup infrastructure components.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

Rescan a selected component:

Rescan-VBREntity -Entity <Object[]> [-Wait] [<CommonParameters>]

Rescan all items of a selected type:

Rescan-VBREntity [-AllReplicas] [-AllHosts] [-AllTapeServers] [-AllRepositories] [-AllCloudProviders] [-Wait] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet rescans backup infrastructure components added to Veeam Backup & Replication:

Hosts and clusters
Tape servers
Tape libraries
Backup repositories
Cloud providers
Veeam backup database for new replica restore points
Protection groups
Discovered computers
Discovered Active Directory objects

You can rescan components, for example, after configuration restore.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Entity	Specifies an array of components you want to rescan.	Accepts the following types: VBRTapeServer (tape servers). Run the Get-VBRTapeServer cmdlet to get this object, VBRTape Library (tape libraries). Run the Get-VBRTapeLibrary cmdlet to get this object. CBackupRepository (backup repositories). Run the Get-VBRBackupRepository cmdlet to get this object. VBRCloudProvider (cloud providers). Run the Get-VBRCloudProvider cmdlet to get this object. CBackup (only replicas restore points). Run the Get-VBRReplica cmdlet to get this object. VBRProtectionGroup (protection groups). Run the Get-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet to get this object. VBRDiscoveredComputer (discovered computers). Run the Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer cmdlet to get this object. VBRDiscoveredADEntity (discovered Active Directory objects that belong to the same protection group).Run the Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer cmdlet to get this object.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
AllReplicas	Defines that the cmdlet will rescan all replicas restore points.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
AllHosts	Defines that the cmdlet will rescan all managed hosts.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
AllTapeServers	Defines that the cmdlet will rescan all tape servers.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
AllRepositories	Defines that the cmdlet will rescan all backup repositories.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
AllCloudProviders	Defines that the cmdlet will rescan all cloud providers.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Wait	Defines that the command waits for the process to complete before accepting more input.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

Examples

Rescan-VBREntity Example 1. Rescanning all Hosts Managed by Veeam Backup & Replication

Rescan-VBREntity Example 2. Rescanning Backup Repository

Rescan-VBREntity Example 3. Rescanning Tape Server

Rescan-VBREntity Example 4. Rescanning Replica Restore Points

Related Commands