Running Veeam Backup PowerShell on Windows Machines

Veeam Backup & Replication supports usage of Veeam Backup PowerShell on Windows machines with Veeam Console installed. After you install the Veeam Backup & Replication Console, Veeam PowerShell module will be installed by default. After that, you can run Veeam PowerShell cmdlets from a Veeam Backup & Replication Console, or directly from Windows PowerShell console installed on your machine.

Requirements

Consider the following requirements:

Starting Veeam PowerShell Sessions

To run Veeam PowerShell from the Windows machine you must Veeam Console and initiate Powershell session.

  1. Install the Veeam Backup & Replication Console. For more information on how to install the Veeam Backup & Replication Console, see the Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Console section in the User Guide.
  2. Start PowerShell Session.
  • Starting PowerShell session from the Veeam Backup & Replication UI: in the main menu of Veeam Backup & Replication, select Console > PowerShell.
  • Starting PowerShell session from the Windows PowerShell console: start the console on your machine. For more information on starting the console, see Microsoft Docs.
  1. Connect to the backup server.

Connect-VBRServer -Server "192.24.125.135" -User "TECH\Administrator" -Password "Password"

After start the Veeam PowerShell session, you must connect to a local or a remote Veeam backup server. For more information on how to connect to a Veeam backup server, see Connecting to Veeam Backup Server.

Tip

To verify that Veeam PowerShell module is installed on your machine, run the Get-Module -Name Veeam.Backup.PowerShell -ListAvailable command. The cmdlet will return information on this module.

Starting PowerShell Session

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