--- title: "Get-CollectorJobs" description: "This cmdlet retrieves monitoring jobs assigned to the Collector. The cmdlet returns a collection of objects that represent monitoring jobs and store monitoring job details (job name, Collector to which the job is assigned, number of monitored..." canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/mp/veshell/get-collectorjobs.html" breadcrumb: "Veeam MP VEShell Reference > VEShell Cmdlets > Get-CollectorJobs" dateModified: "2026-09-10" --- # Get-CollectorJobs Gets monitoring jobs assigned to the Collector. **Applies to versions**: 8.0, 9.0, 9a ## Syntax ``` Get-CollectorJobs [-CollectorId] [[-Include] ] [-VESServer ] [] ``` ## Detailed Description This cmdlet retrieves monitoring jobs assigned to the Collector. The cmdlet returns a collection of objects that represent monitoring jobs and store monitoring job details (job name, Collector to which the job is assigned, number of monitored objects and number of sockets used for the job). ## Parameters ### -CollectorId \ Specifies an ID of a Collector for which the list of monitoring jobs should be retrieved. ::: tip To get the list of registered Collectors, their Ids and names, use the [`Get-Collector`](get-collector.md) cmdlet. :::

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True

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1

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True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

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False
### -Include \ Specifies names of monitoring jobs that should be retrieved. If the parameter is not specified, the cmdlet will return all monitoring jobs. ::: note This parameter supports wildcards. Search is not case sensitive. :::

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False

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2

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False

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True
### -VESServer Specifies the Virtualization Extensions server. You can pass the following types of values: - Name of a machine (remote or local) where the Virtualization Extensions Service runs. Acceptable formats for the input value are: server name (such as "localhost" or "."), IP address (such as "172.15.19.6") and FQDN (such as "localhost.veeam.local"). - [Veeam.Psves.VesConnection](connection.md) object. For more information, type “[get-help about_VESServerParameter](connection_parameter.md)”.

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False

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False

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False
### \ This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see [Microsoft Docs](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216). ## Notes If the `-VESServer` parameter is not specified, the cmdlet will connect to the Virtualization Extensions Service on the local machine. ## Input The cmdlet accepts the following types of values for the `-CollectorId` parameter: - System.String (you can pass Collector Ids, the Id value is used exactly as it is typed) - [Veeam.Psves.Collector](collector.md) (you can pass Collector objects) ## Output The cmdlet returns a collection of [Veeam.Psves.MonitoringJob](collector_jobs.md) objects that represent monitoring jobs. ## Example 1 This command retrieves all monitoring jobs assigned to the Collector with the specified Id. ``` Get-CollectorJobs -CollectorId 1234abc5-6d78-9e11-fgh-98765i54321j ``` ## Example 2 This command retrieves all monitoring jobs assigned to the “veeamcol1” Collector. ``` Get-Collector veeamcol1 -SelectByName | Get-CollectorJobs ``` ## References To learn more about supporting wildcard characters in cmdlet parameters, see [Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/developer/cmdlet/supporting-wildcard-characters-in-cmdlet-parameters?view=powershell-7).