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Get-VBRBackup

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 Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 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.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Name

Specifies the array of backup, backup copy or Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job names. The cmdlet will return backups produced with these jobs.

False

Named

False

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Return Type

CBackup

Example 1

This command looks for all backups stored in the database.

Get-VBRBackup

Example 2

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

Get-VBRBackup -Name "vCloud Webservices Backup", "Exchange Backup_imported"

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