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Get-VBRRestorePoint

Short Description

Returns restore points.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Get-VBRRestorePoint [[-Backup] <CBackup[]>] [-Name <String[]>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Get-VBRBackup

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns restore points stored in Veeam Backup & Replication database.

With this cmdlet, you can get restore points created by all types of jobs: backup jobs, backup copy jobs, replication jobs, vCD jobs and Endpoint backup jobs.

You can get the list of restore points of all VMs managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, or get the restore points for a specific backup or for a specific VM.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Backup

Specifies the backup. The cmdlet will return available restore points of this backup.

You can assign multiple backups to this object.

False

1

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Name

Specifies the name of the VM. The cmdlet will return available restore points of this VM.

You can specify multiple names separated by commas.

False

Named

False

True

<CommonParameters>

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 restore points of all VMs registered in the database.

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRRestorePoint

Example 2

This command looks for all restore points of a VM named "MSExchange02" in the backup named "MSExchange Backup". The backup is obtained with Get-VBRBackup and piped down.

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRBackup -Name "MSExchange Backup" | Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name *MSExchange02*

Example 3

This command looks for the latest restore point of a VM named "MSExchange02" in the backup named "MSExchange Backup". The backup is obtained with Get-VBRBackup and piped down. The restore points of the VM are filtered with Sort-Object method by the "CreationTime" property to get the most recent one.

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRBackup -Name "MSExchange Backup" | Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name *MSExchange02* | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1

Example 4

This command looks for all restore points of the backup represented by the variable $backup. The backup to look the restore points in is obtained with Get-VBRBackup and assigned to the variable beforehand.

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup