functions/Start-VeeamQuickBackup.psm1
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function Start-VeeamQuickBackup { <# .NOTES =========================================================================== Created by: Markus Kraus Twitter: @VMarkus_K Private Blog: mycloudrevolution.com =========================================================================== Changelog: 2017.09 ver 1.0 Base Release =========================================================================== External Code Sources: - =========================================================================== Tested Against Environment: vSphere Version: 6.5 Veeam Version: 9.5 U2 PowerCLI Version: PowerCLI 6.5.1 PowerShell Version: 5.1 OS Version: Windows Server 2012 R2 =========================================================================== Keywords vSphere, ESXi, VM, Veeam =========================================================================== .DESCRIPTION This Function starts a Quick Backup for VMware vSphere VMs. For a Quick Backup the VM must be added to a Backup Job and at least one Full Backup must exist. .Example Get-VM -Name test | Start-VeeamQuickBackup #> #Requires -Version 4 #Requires -Modules VMware.VimAutomation.Core, @{ModuleName="VMware.VimAutomation.Core";ModuleVersion="6.3.0.0"} #Requires -PSSnapin VeeamPssnapin [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true, Position=0)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl[]] $myVMs ) Begin { if ($global:DefaultVIServer) { Write-Verbose "VI Server Connected" if ($ViServer = Get-VBRServer -Name $global:DefaultVIServer.Name) { Write-Verbose "VI Server '$($ViServer.Name)' in Veeam Inventory found" } else { throw "VI Server not in Veeam found!" } } else { throw "no VI Server Connected!" } } Process { foreach ($MyVm in $MyVms) { $MoRef = $MyVm.ExtensionData.MoRef.Value if ($VeeamVm = Find-VBRViEntity -Server $ViServer | Where-Object {$_.Reference -eq $MoRef}) { $Result = Start-VBRQuickBackup -VM $VeeamVm -Wait if ($Result) { $Result | Select-Object JobName, Result, CreationTime, EndTime } if ($Result.Result -eq "Failed") { Throw "Quick Backup Failed. See Veeam B&R Console for more details!" } } } } } |