Get-VBRSession

Short Description

Returns jobs sessions.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

  • Get the session for the specified job.

Get-VBRSession -Job <VBRJob> [-Last]  [<CommonParameters>]

  • Get the session with the specified ID.

Get-VBRSession -Id <guid[]>  [<CommonParameters>]

  • Get the specified session.

Get-VBRSession -Session <VBRSession>  [<CommonParameters>]

  • Get the session for the job with the specified result.

Get-VBRSession -Job <VBRJob> [-Result <VBRSessionResult> {None | Success | Warning | Failed}]  [<CommonParameters>]

  • Get the session for the job with the specified state.

Get-VBRSession -Job <VBRJob> [-State <VBRSessionState> {Stopped | Starting | Stopping | Working | Pausing |Resuming | WaitingTape | Idle | Postprocessing | WaitingRepository | Pending}]  [<CommonParameters>]

  • Get the session for the job with the specified state.

Get-VBRSession -Type <EDbJobType>  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns sessions for a selected job.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Job

Specifies the job for which you want to get sessions that have been run.

Accepts the VBRJob object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRJob cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

Type

Specifies the type of the session. The cmdlet will return the session of this ID.

EDbJobType

True

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

ID

Specifies the ID of the session. The cmdlet will return the session with this ID.

Guid[]

False

Named

False

Last

Defines that the command returns the last session of the specified job.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

Session

Specifies the job session for which you want to get an updated state.

Accepts the VBRSession object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRSession cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

State

Specifies the session state. The cmdlet will return sessions with the specified state.

VBRSessionState

False

Named

False

Result

Specifies the session result. The cmdlet will return sessions with the specified result:

  • None
  • Success
  • Warning
  • Failed

VBRSessionResult

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

VBRBackupSession

Examples

Getting Sessions for Specific Job

This example shows how to get the session for the specified job.

$job = Get-VBRJob -Name "Backup Copy Job"

$session = Get-VBRSession -Job $job

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRJob cmdlet to get the backup job. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $job variable.
  2. Run the Get-VBRSession cmdlet. Set the $job variable as the Job parameter value.

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob