Get-VESQLPluginRestorePoint

Short Description

Returns restore points for a database backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

Product: Veeam Backup & Replication

Product Edition: Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Get-VESQLPluginRestorePoint [-Database] <VESQLPluginDatabase> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns available restore points for a database backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

After you get the restore points, you can use the following cmdlets:

Get-VESQLPluginLogInterval — to see the available restore period within a restore point.
Get-VESQLPluginDatabaseFile — to get the available database files on a restore point.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Database	Specifies a database backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server. Accepts the `VESQLPluginDatabase` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VESQLPluginDatabase` cmdlet.	`VESQLPluginDatabase`	True	0	True (ByValue)

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About Common Parameters section of Microsoft Learn.

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VESQLPluginRestorePoint[] object that contains an array of restore points for a database backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

Examples

Getting All Restore Points for a Database

This command returns all restore points for specific database backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

$session = Get-VESQLPluginRestoreSession

$database = Get-VESQLPluginDatabase -Session $session[0] -Name "location1"

$restorepoint = Get-VESQLPluginRestorePoint -Database $database

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VESQLPluginRestoreSession cmdlet. Save the result to the $session variable.

The cmdlet will return an array of active restore sessions. Note the ordinal number of the necessary restore session (in this example, it is the first restore session in the array).
Run the Get-VESQLPluginDatabase cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value and select the necessary restore session. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $database variable.
Run the Get-VESQLPluginRestorePoint cmdlet. Set the $database variable as the Database parameter value. Save the result to the $restorepoint variable to use it with other cmdlets.