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Get-VBRRestorePoint

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    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