vbk Backup File or a whole Job by selecting the. In the first Version of this Tool, you are able to validate a. Each time i need it, i have to lookup the syntax again even it is fairly easy. I chose the Backup Validator, because i'ts an underestimated feature. Something which i always found "cool" was creating GUIs with PowerShell. For instance, $VMNames = “VM1”,”VM2” $VMNames = "decsbridge" # Name of vCenter or standalone host VMs to backup reside on (Mandatory) $HostName = "decsvc1" # Directory that VM backups should go to (Mandatory for instance, C:\Backup) $Directory = "Z:\" # Desired compression level (Optional Possible values: 0 - None, 4 - Dedupe-friendly, 5 - Optimal, 6 - High, 9 - Extreme) $CompressionLevel = "5" # Quiesce VM when taking snapshot (Optional VMware Tools are required Possible values: $True/$False) $EnableQuiescence = $False # Protect resulting backup with encryption key (Optional $True/$False) $EnableEncryption = $False # Encryption Key (Optional path to a secure string) $EncryptionKey = "" # Retention settings (Optional By default, VeeamZIP files are not removed and kept in the specified location for an indefinite period of time.I'm constantly trying to educate myself regarding PowerShell. Powershell # Author: Vladimir Eremin # Created Date: # User Defined Variables # Names of VMs to backup separated by comma (Mandatory). I hate to save it locally and then move it but I guess if I can't come up with anything else I'll have to do that. Too long to paste in here. I even added my ID to the local administrator's group in desperation. If I run the script as me, so that I can save to that share - I got errors that I didn't have permissions for a registry key:'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication' - again to test and try to get things working I gave myself permissions to that key and now I get another error. I want to note when running B&R "manually" I can save to this share no problem but of course I'm running it as me and I'm a domain admin. To test I set the share permissions to 'everyone' and security to 'everyone'. Which I assume means it's failing because of security. CreateDirectory(Z:\Backup) function call failed. The system cannot find the path specified. tr:Error code: 0x00000003 Cannot create folder. If I attempt to save it to a network drive, a mapped MS share on a MS server, it fails and the error is:Įrror: The system cannot find the path specified. I can get the script to run as local admin (just running the script, not in task scheduler yet), IF I save it to a local drive. I'm using the script from Veeam, (Vladimir Eremin, Updated Sept 2015, from this PAGE) I've also looked at my errors online and can't seem to be able to nail it down. Now I want to try to automate this process with Powershell.
I finally have a backup of my key VM's off-site! I've been able to make it work from the console successfully. I have Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0.0.902 and I'm using it as "free".
Not sure where I should even begin to post. During the wizard for creating a backup job you can enable 'Storage backup files healt check (detect and auto-heals corruption. Specify whether you are restoring files from backups. I just grab pieces of scripts or scripts and muddle through till I get something to work. Veeam Backup Validator - Veeam Backup Guide for vSphere It is essential to verify the status of the backups at the CRC level on the storage and the possibility of restoring them via Surebackup. Veeam Backup Validator is a command-prompt CRC check utility that tests a backup at the file level.
First things first - I'm not even a Powershell beginner.