Get-VBRJob | Where-Object { $_.JobType -eq "Backup" }

Another option to list a cmdlet’s Properties is to Pipe output with the Get-Member cmdlet. I believe this lists all Properties for a given cmdlet as well.

Hello, i want to get the ‘last Result’ and wnt to know what the header name?

I try many header parameters but not get the value.

@hs08,

There unfortunately a little trick Veeam does with Powershell where the output of Get-VBRJob has a custom view applied to the Powershell session, and some of that data is an amalgamate from a few other options.

The last result is on CBackupSession objects returned by Get-VBRBackupSession. Get-VBRBackupSession is a bit slow unless you pass Job Ids to the -Id parameter, so I’m actually going to recommend a different way:

Get-VBRSession -Type “ type of job without square brackets ]t“ | Where-Object {$_.JobId -eq $job.id} | Sort -Property CreationTime -Descending

This will return a list of job sessions with more limited information based on the JobId you pass to it. From there you can make a PSCustomObject to reflect what you want.

There are ways to get this from the CBackupJob object returned by Get-VBRJob, but you need to use unsupported methods as far as I know, so I recommend do not go that route and use supported methods.

Similarly, the reason that GetLastResult didn’t work for you is because that is a .NET internal method. These are unsupported methods, and I do not advise using them. Methods that are read-only like this one are typically safe to use, but it’s best to avoid them. To call them in a a Select-Object statement like you’re trying, you need to follow the example here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-object?view=powershell-7.4#example-14-expandproperty-alters-the-original-object

Get-VBRJob | Where-Object {$_.JobType -eq “Backup”} | Select Id, Name, JobType, @{n=”Last Result”;e={$_.GetLastResult()}}

PS C:\Users\david.LAB> $job | Select Id, Name, JobType, @{n="Last Result";e={$_.GetLastResult()}}

Id                                   Name                  JobType Last Result
--                                   ----                  ------- -----------
3713a1dd-8ff5-4a6d-ac24-4e89d348fffb dd-malware-box-backup  Backup     Success

@ddomask 

Super…., it’s work by execute

Get-VBRJob | Where-Object {$_.JobType -eq “Backup”} | Select Id, Name, JobType, @{n=”Last Result”;e={$_.GetLastResult()}}

You’re welcome hs08, but do remember, this is an unsupported method, so if there is _any_ weirdness with it, as per Support Policy (5.8) no support for such unsupported methods.

It will work and probably will not change, but I cannot guarantee that it won’t, so I advise build your script with the PSCustomObject and Get-VBRBackupSession + Get-VBRJob as noted.

Great to see you figured out the correct syntax for the PS command and it now works. 

I’m working on a Veeam PS script based on a Job’s “state”. If I run Get-VBRJob -Name <job-name> it displays a few properties..one of which is the State (i.e. Stopped or Running). But, if I place that cmd in a variable and run $Variable.State, or pipe that cmd with Select State..the State column doesn’t show the Job state..the column is blank. Any idea why ​@ddomask or others? 

Thanks!

 You can see all properties by using Format-List

PS C:\Users\jocolon> $Job = Get-VBRJob -Name HyperV-Backup-Job
PS C:\Users\jocolon> $Job

Job Name                  Type            State      Last Result  Description
--------                  ----            -----      -----------  -----------
HyperV-Backup-Job         Hyper-V Backup  Stopped    None         Created by

PS C:\Users\jocolon> $Job | Format-list 


LogNameMainPart              : HyperV-Backup-Job
FreeBackupImpl               :
IsFree                       : False
UserCryptoKey                : Veeam.Backup.Core.CCryptoKey
Uid                          : 89887443-aebf-482e-921b-18e34f835c71
IsPseudoContinuousJob        : False
Id                           : 89887443-aebf-482e-921b-18e34f835c71
Info                         : Veeam.Backup.Model.CDbBackupJobInfo
JobType                      : Backup
SourceType                   : HyperV
JobTargetType                : Backup
TargetType                   : Other
TypeToString                 : Hyper-V Backup
Description                  : Created by PHARMAX\administrator at 6/30/2021 10:02 PM.
Name                         : HyperV-Backup-Job
BackupPlatform               : EHyperV
TargetHostId                 : f551fdee-3479-4631-86d2-863c27440b22
TargetDir                    : E:\Backups
TargetFile                   : HyperV-Backup-Job
Options                      : Veeam.Backup.Model.CJobOptions
Extensions                   : Veeam.Backup.Core.CJobExtensions
IsContinuous                 : False

Additionally, the `Get-Member` command displays the properties and methods of the object.

PS C:\Users\jocolon> $Job | Get-Member


   TypeName: Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob

Name                                   MemberType Definition
----                                   ---------- ----------
CanRunByScheduler                      Method     bool ISchedulableJob.CanRunByScheduler()
CheckDeleteAllowed                     Method     void CheckDeleteAllowed()
CreateJobDeletionMutex                 Method     Veeam.Backup.Core.CMutex CreateJobDeletionMutex()
Delete                                 Method     void Delete(Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo initiator)
DeleteOrMarkForDeletion                Method     void DeleteOrMarkForDeletion(Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo modifiedBy)
DetachFromParentPolicy                 Method     void DetachFromParentPolicy()
DisableScheduler                       Method     void DisableScheduler(Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo initiator)
EnableScheduler                        Method     void EnableScheduler(Veeam.Backup.Model.CModifiedUserInfo initiator)
Equals                       

For example, to access the content of the `State` variable, you can use the `GetLastState()` method. When the `Get-VBRJob -Name HyperV-Backup-Job` cmdlet is called, the `State` property obtains its value from the `GetLastState()` method, which is accessed through a calculated property.

PS C:\Users\jocolon> $Job.GetLastState()
Stopped
PS C:\Users\jocolon>

I came across those questions and many more when I developed the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR report.

PD: Exercism offers an excellent PowerShell learning track: Exercism

​@coolsport00, Get-VBRJob returns CJob objects which gives you information about the job settings, so you will only find information from CJob objects like retention settings, active full settings, etc.

Your confusion I think is coming because the Veeam Powershell Module has a custom formatting file that pretties up the console output on some cmdlets:

C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Console\Veeam.Backup.PowerShell\Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.format.ps1xml

You can check this on any server where you have the remote console installed, and the relevant section for the State part is at line 228:

     <TableControl>
        <TableHeaders>
          <TableColumnHeader>
            <Label>Job Name</Label>
            <Width>25</Width>
            <Alignment>left</Alignment>
          </TableColumnHeader>
          <TableColumnHeader>
            <Label>Type</Label>
            <Width>15</Width>
            <Alignment>left</Alignment>
          </TableColumnHeader>
          <TableColumnHeader>
            <Label>State</Label>
            <Width>10</Width>
            <Alignment>left</Alignment>
          </TableColumnHeader>
          <TableColumnHeader>
            <Label>Last Result</Label>
            <Width>12</Width>
            <Alignment>left</Alignment>
          </TableColumnHeader>
          <TableColumnHeader>
            <Label>Description</Label>
            <Alignment>left</Alignment>
          </TableColumnHeader>
        </TableHeaders>
        <TableRowEntries>
          <TableRowEntry>
            <TableColumnItems>
              <TableColumnItem>
                <ScriptBlock>$_.Name</ScriptBlock>
              </TableColumnItem>
              <TableColumnItem>
                <ScriptBlock>$_.TypeToString</ScriptBlock>
              </TableColumnItem>
              <TableColumnItem>
                <ScriptBlock>$_.GetLastState()</ScriptBlock>
              </TableColumnItem>
              <TableColumnItem>
                <ScriptBlock>$_.GetLastResult()</ScriptBlock>
              </TableColumnItem>
              <TableColumnItem>
                <ScriptBlock>$_.Description</ScriptBlock>
              </TableColumnItem>
            </TableColumnItems>
          </TableRowEntry>
        </TableRowEntries>
      </TableControl>
    </View>

You can see that it’s doing a mapping to make the display all pretty, and ​@jcolonfzenpr is correct, this wrapper simply calls $_.GetLastState() which actually resides on CBackupSession objects returned by Get-VBRBackupSession.

So your confusion is understandable, this usually will bite you at least once as you’re working with Powershell and Veeam.

Like jcolonfzenpr tells, you can use that method if you like to check the state of the job, it’s reliable.

P.S. ​@jcolonfzenpr love the Veeam AsBuilt report script, monumental work!

​@jcolonfzenpr ​@ddomask - thanks guys. I ping’d some V100 folks in our Signal channel and ​@TylerJurgens gave me a different approach to look at → the IsRunning property. Using the “gm” cmdlet, I ended up finding out there just isn’t a State Property to call with the Get-VBRJob cmdlet as you guys shared. I did look at the VBRBackupSession cmdlet but still couldn’t quite get there. The task I was wanting to do was pretty simple - if a certain Job is not running at a given time (I’m going to call my script in Task Scheduler), start it. But to do so, I simply wanted to check if the BU Job was “Stopped” or not; or, with the Property I ended up using...checking to see if it was “Running” or not works too. Thanks for the explanation on this. Appreciate it!