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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

    False

    <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 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"