---
title: "Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupSession"
description: "This cmdlet returns backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrunstructuredbackupsession.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Unstructured Data Backup > Working with Unstructured Data Source Jobs > Managing Backup Jobs for Protecting Unstructured Data > Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupSession"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupSession

## Short Description
Returns backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs.

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

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

```
Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupSession -Name <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Id</code></p>

```
Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupSession -Id <Guid[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs.

## 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">Id</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of IDs of backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. The cmdlet will return backup sessions with these IDs.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Guid[]</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">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of names of backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. The cmdlet will return backup sessions with these names.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: Veeam Backup & Replication adds <code>(Full)</code> at the end of the job name for full backup sessions. Depending on the type of the backup session you may specify the job name in one of the following ways:</p><ul><li>To get incremental backup sessions, specify the job name as it was specified when creating the job.</li><li>To get full backup sessions, add <code>(Full)</code> at the end of the <code>Name</code> parameter.</li><li>To get both full and incremental backup sessions for the job, add <code>*</code> at the end of the <code>Name</code> parameter.</li></ul>
        </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>
    </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 `VBRUnstructuredBackupSession` objects that contain settings of backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs.

## Examples

::: example
### Getting All Backup Sessions for File Backup Job

This command returns all backup sessions for the `New backup session` file backup job.

```
Get-VBRUnstructuredBackupSession -Name "New backup session*"
```

:::