---
title: "Export-VBRLogs"
description: "This cmdlet collects system logs. The log files are written to the folder you specify in this cmdlet. You can use this cmdlet to collect logs you can send to the Veeam support."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/export-vbrlogs.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Logging > Export-VBRLogs"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Export-VBRLogs

## Short Description
Collects system logs for export.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>Server</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -Server <CHost[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress] [-From <DateTime>] [-To <DateTime>] [-Wait]
 [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Job</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -Job <IJob[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress] [-From <DateTime>] [-To <DateTime>] [-Wait]
 [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Entity</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -Entity <IVmItem[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress] [-From <DateTime>] [-To <DateTime>] [-Wait]
 [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Backup</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -Backup <CBackup[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress] [-From <DateTime>] [-To <DateTime>] [-Wait]
 [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>DiscoveredComputer</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -Computer <VBRDiscoveredComputer[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress] [-From <DateTime>]
 [-To <DateTime>] [-Wait] [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Tenant</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -Tenant <IVBRCloudTenant[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress] [-From <DateTime>] [-To <DateTime>]
 [-Wait] [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>ScaleOutRepository</code></p>

```
Export-VBRLogs -ScaleOutRepository <CExtendableRepository[]> -FolderPath <String> [-Compress]
 [-From <DateTime>] [-To <DateTime>] [-Wait] [-LastDays <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet collects system logs. The log files are written to the folder you specify in this cmdlet.

You can use this cmdlet to collect logs you can send to the Veeam support.

You can get logs for all kind of virtual host, any jobs including SureBackup jobs, entities including VMware or Hyper-V VMs, or any backup. Use an appropriate parameter set for each case.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Backup</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of backups. The cmdlet will collect logs of these backups.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CBackup[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrbackup.md"><code>Get-VBRBackup</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CBackup[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Compress</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the log files will be compressed.</p><p>Default: <code>True</code>.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: To disable this option, set the parameter value to <code>$false</code>. That is, <em>parameter_name</em><code>:$false</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Computer</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of protected computers. The cmdlet will collect logs of these computers.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRDiscoveredComputer[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>VBRDiscoveredComputer[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Entity</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of VMs. The cmdlet will collect logs of these VMs.</p><p>Accepts the <code>IVmItem[]</code> object. To get this object, run one of the following cmdlets:</p><ul><li><a href="find-vbrvientity.md"><code>Find-VBRViEntity</code></a></li><li><a href="find-vbrhventity.md"><code>Find-VBRHvEntity</code></a></li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IVmItem[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">FolderPath</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the destination folder. The cmdlet will export  logs to this folder.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">From</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the start date to collect the logs for export. Enter the date in format set in your workstation Date and Time settings. Note: This parameter is deprecated and will be marked as obsolete in the future. You must re-write your scripts by using the LastDays parameter. Otherwise, the script will return an error.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>DateTime</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Job</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of jobs. The cmdlet will collect logs of these jobs.</p><p>Accepts all kinds of jobs.</p><p>Accepts the <code>IJob[]</code> object. To get this object, run one of the following cmdlets:</p><ul><li><a href="get-vbrjob.md"><code>Get-VBRJob</code></a></li><li><a href="get-vbrcomputerbackupjob.md"><code>Get-VBRComputerBackupJob</code></a></li><li><a href="get-vbrunstructuredbackupjob.md"><code>Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupJob</code></a></li><li><a href="get-vbrsurebackupjob.md"><code>Get-VBRSureBackupJob</code></a></li><li><a href="get-vbrtapejob.md"><code>Get-VBRTapeJob</code></a></li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IJob[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">LastDays</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the number of days for which to collect logs. If you do not specify this parameter, Veeam Backup & Replication will collect logs for the last 1 day.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ScaleOutRepository</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of scale-out backup repositories. The cmdlet will collect logs of these repositories.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CExtendableRepository[]</code>object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrscantasksession.md"><code>Get-VBRScaleOutBackupRepository</code></a> cmdlets:</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CExtendableRepository[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Server</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of servers. The cmdlet will collect logs from these servers.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: The selected servers must be running and available over the network.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CHost[]</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrserver.md"><code>Get-VBRServer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CHost[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Tenant</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of cloud tenants. The cmdlet will collect logs of these cloud tenants.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: This parameter does not return logs of VMware Cloud Director and Active Directory tenant accounts.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrcloudtenant.md"><code>VBRCloudTenant</code></a><code>[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrcloudtenant.md"><code>Get-VBRCloudTenant</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IVBRCloudTenant[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">To</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the end date to collect the logs for export. Enter the date in format set in your workstation Date and Time settings. Note: This parameter is deprecated and will be marked as obsolete in the future. You must re-write your scripts by using the LastDays parameter. Otherwise, the script will return an error.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>DateTime</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Wait</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the command waits for the process to complete before accepting more input.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the `VBRLogs` object that contains system logs.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Collecting Logs for Servers

This example shows how to collect log files from the `Active_Directory` server with the following settings:

- The destination path is `C:\Logs`.
- The period for collecting data is last 7 days.
- The logs compression is enabled.

```
$server = Get-VBRServer -Name "Active_Directory"
Export-VBRLogs -Server $server -FolderPath "C:\Logs" -LastDays 7
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$server` variable.
2. Run the `Export-VBRLogs` cmdlet. Specify the following settings: 

   - Set the `$server` variable as the `Server` parameter value.
   - Specify the `FolderPath` parameter value.
   - Specify the `LastDays` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Collecting Logs for Jobs

This example shows how to collect log files for the `DC SureJob` SureBackup job with the following settings:

- The destination path is `C:\Logs\SureBackup Logs`.
- The period for collecting data is not set to collect all the data for the job.
- The logs compression is disabled.

```
$job = Get-VBRSureBackupJob -Name "DC SureJob"
Export-VBRLogs -Job $job -FolderPath "C:\Logs\SureBackup Logs" -Compress:$false
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRSureBackupJob`](get-vbrsurebackupjob.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$job` variable.
2. Run the `Export-VBRLogs` cmdlet. Set the `$job` variable as the `Job` parameter value. Specify the `FolderPath` parameter value. Set the `Compress` parameter to `$false`.

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Collecting Logs for VM

This example shows how to collect log files for the `DC` VM with the following settings:

- The destination path is `C:\Logs`.
- The period for collecting data is last 30 days.
- The logs compression is enabled.

```
$vm = Find-VBRViEntity -Name "DC"
Export-VBRLogs -Entity $vm -FolderPath "C:\Logs" -LastDays 30
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$vm` variable.
2. Run the `Export-VBRLogs` cmdlet. Specify the following settings: 

   - Set the `$vm` variable as the `Entity` parameter value.
   - Specify the `FolderPath` parameter value.
   - Specify the `LastDays` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 4. Collecting Logs for Backups

This example shows how to collect log files for the `srv2049-job` backup with the following settings:

- The destination path is `C:\Logs`.
- The period for collecting data is last 14 days.
- The logs compression is enabled.

```
$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "srv2049-job"
Export-VBRLogs -CBackup $backup -FolderPath "C:\Logs" -LastDays 14
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the `Export-VBRLogs` cmdlet. Specify the following settings: 

   - Set the `$backup` variable as the `CBackup` parameter value.
   - Specify the `FolderPath` parameter value.
   - Specify the `LastDays` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 5. Collecting Logs for Protected Computers

This example shows how to collect log files for protected computers with the following settings:

- The destination path is `C:\Logs`.
- The period for collecting data is last 10 days.
- The logs compression is enabled.

```
$machines = Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer -Type Computer
Export-VBRLogs -Computer $machines[3] -FolderPath "C:\Logs" -LastDays 10
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer`](get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md) cmdlet. Set the `Computer` option for the `Type` parameter. Save the result to the `$machines` variable.

   The `Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer` cmdlet will return an array of protected computers. Mind the ordinal number of the necessary protected computer (in our example, it is the fourth computer in the array).

2. Run the `Export-VBRLogs` cmdlet. Specify the following settings: 

   - Set the `$machines[3]` variable as the `Computer` parameter value.
   - Specify the `FolderPath` parameter value.
   - Specify the `LastDays` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md)
- [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md)
- [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md)
- [`Get-VBRSureBackupJob`](get-vbrsurebackupjob.md)
- [`Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer`](get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md)