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Get-VBRBackup

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Short Description

Returns backups.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Get-VBRBackup [-Name <String[]>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns backups stored in the Veeam Backup & Replication database.

The cmdlet returns backups that were created by backup jobs, backup copy jobs, vCD jobs and Endpoint backup jobs.

You can get the list of all backups registered in the database or look for backups created by certain jobs by job names.

Get-VBRBackup Note:

The Veeam backup contains all restore points for all VMs that are processed by the job.

Return Type

CBackup

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Name

Specifies the name of the backup, backup copy or Endpoint backup job that produced the backups you want to get, or search conditions.

You can specify multiple names separated by commas.

False

Named

False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example 1

This command looks for all backups stored in the database.

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRBackup

Example 2

This command looks for the backups named "vCloud Webservices Backup" and "Exchange Backup_imported".

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRBackup -Name "vCloud Webservices Backup", "Exchange Backup_imported"