---
title: "Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup"
description: "Returns backups of discovered computers. Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets: This cmdlet returns backups of discovered computers created with Ve"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrdiscoveredcomputerbackup.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Agent Management > Managing Protected Computers > Veeam Agent Management Discovered Computers > Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup

## Short Description
Returns backups of discovered computers.

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>Computer (Default)</code></p>

```
Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup -Computer <VBRDiscoveredComputer> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Backup</code></p>

```
Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup -Backup <VBRBackup> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns backups of discovered computers created with Veeam Agent backup policies. You can get all backups that a specific discovered computer can access, or get the discovered computers that have permission to access a specific backup.

## 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 the backup. The cmdlet returns the discovered computers that have permission to access this backup.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRBackup</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>VBRBackup</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">Computer</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the discovered computer whose backups you want to get.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>VBRDiscoveredComputer</code></a> 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>
    </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 an array of [`VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup`](vbrdiscoveredcomputerbackup.md) objects that represent backups of discovered computers.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Getting Backups of Discovered Computer

This example shows how to get all the backups that a discovered computer can access.

```
$computer = Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer | Where {$_.Name -eq "support.east.local"}
Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup -Computer $computer
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer`](get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md) cmdlet. Use the `Where-Object` method to get the necessary discovered computer. Save the result to the `$computer` variable.
2. Run the `Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup` cmdlet. Set the `$computer` variable as the `Computer` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Getting Discovered Computers with Access to Backup

This example shows how to get a backup and return which discovered computers have permission to access this backup.

```
$parent = Get-VBRBackup | Where-Object Name -eq "Mac1 DBOS"
Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup -Backup $parent
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md) cmdlet. Use the `Where-Object` method to get the necessary backup. Save the result to the `$parent` variable.
2. Run the `Get-VBRDiscoveredComputerBackup` cmdlet. Set the `$parent` variable as the `Backup` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer`](get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md)
- [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md)