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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>]

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 Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 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 array of backups. The cmdlet will return restore points of these backups.	False	1	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
Name	Specifies the array of VM names. The cmdlet will return restore points of these VMs.	False	Named	False	True

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

Example 1

This command looks for all restore points of all VMs registered in the database.

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.

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.

Get-VBRBackup -Name "MSExchange Backup" | Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name *MSExchange02* | Sort-Object –Property 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.

Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup

Related Commands

Get-VBRBackup