<# .SYNOPSIS Read-only report of how Veeam jobs and sessions relate, for troubleshooting the collector. .DESCRIPTION The collector matches sessions to jobs by Session.JobId = Job.Id. When a job shows as "Unknown" on the dashboard, no session matched. This lists: 1. every job from Get-VBRJob and how many sessions matched it 2. sessions whose JobId matches no job (the runs that are going missing) 3. for jobs with no matching sessions, their type/link-related properties and methods 4. what other job cmdlets (e.g. Get-VBRBackupCopyJob) return Nothing is changed in Veeam or the dashboard. Output is also saved to a text file. .EXAMPLE .\Get-VeeamCollectorDiagnostics.ps1 .EXAMPLE .\Get-VeeamCollectorDiagnostics.ps1 -LookbackHours 168 #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [int]$LookbackHours = 48, [string]$OutFile = (Join-Path $env:TEMP 'veeam-collector-diagnostics.txt') ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $LinkPattern = 'Parent|Linked|Worker|Child|Policy|Source|Target|Type|Cloud|Mode|Session' if (-not (Get-Command Get-VBRJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { if (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Veeam.Backup.PowerShell) { Import-Module Veeam.Backup.PowerShell -WarningAction SilentlyContinue } else { Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin } } function Format-Value($Value) { if ($null -eq $Value) { return '' } $text = ($Value | ForEach-Object { [string]$_ }) -join ', ' if ($text.Length -gt 120) { $text = $text.Substring(0, 117) + '...' } return $text } # Property and method names matching $LinkPattern, with property values. Every read is guarded: # some Veeam properties throw when accessed. function Show-LinkMembers($Object) { foreach ($p in $Object.PSObject.Properties | Where-Object { $_.Name -match $LinkPattern }) { $value = try { Format-Value $p.Value } catch { "" } ' {0} = {1}' -f $p.Name, $value } $methods = @($Object | Get-Member -MemberType Methods -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Name -match $LinkPattern } | ForEach-Object Name) if ($methods) { ' methods: ' + ($methods -join ', ') } } function Get-Prop($Object, [string]$Name) { try { Format-Value $Object.$Name } catch { '' } } $report = & { $vbrVersion = try { (Get-Item (Join-Path ${env:ProgramFiles} 'Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Veeam.Backup.Core.dll')).VersionInfo.ProductVersion } catch { 'unknown' } "Generated $(Get-Date -Format o) on $env:COMPUTERNAME, VBR $vbrVersion, PowerShell $($PSVersionTable.PSVersion)" "Lookback: $LookbackHours hours" '' $since = (Get-Date).AddHours(-$LookbackHours) $jobs = @(Get-VBRJob -WarningAction SilentlyContinue) $sessions = @(Get-VBRBackupSession -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -ge $since }) $jobIds = @{} foreach ($j in $jobs) { $jobIds[$j.Id.ToString()] = $j } '== 1. Jobs from Get-VBRJob' $jobs | ForEach-Object { $id = $_.Id.ToString() [pscustomobject]@{ Name = $_.Name JobType = Get-Prop $_ 'JobType' TypeToString = Get-Prop $_ 'TypeToString' Id = $id MatchingSessions = @($sessions | Where-Object { $_.JobId.ToString() -eq $id }).Count } } | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String -Width 300 '== 2. Sessions whose JobId matches no job from Get-VBRJob' $orphans = @($sessions | Where-Object { -not $jobIds.ContainsKey($_.JobId.ToString()) }) if ($orphans.Count -eq 0) { ' (none)' } else { $orphans | Group-Object { $_.JobId.ToString() } | ForEach-Object { $latest = $_.Group | Sort-Object CreationTime | Select-Object -Last 1 [pscustomobject]@{ JobId = $_.Name JobName = Get-Prop $latest 'JobName' JobType = Get-Prop $latest 'JobType' Sessions = $_.Count LatestStart = $latest.CreationTime State = Get-Prop $latest 'State' Result = Get-Prop $latest 'Result' } } | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String -Width 300 ' Link-related members of one orphan session:' Show-LinkMembers $orphans[0] '' ' Job object for that session (via GetJob(), if available):' try { $owner = $orphans[0].GetJob() ' Name = {0}, Id = {1}' -f (Get-Prop $owner 'Name'), (Get-Prop $owner 'Id') Show-LinkMembers $owner } catch { " not available: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } '' '== 3. Jobs with no matching sessions in the window' $empty = @($jobs | Where-Object { $id = $_.Id.ToString(); -not ($sessions | Where-Object { $_.JobId.ToString() -eq $id }) }) if ($empty.Count -eq 0) { ' (none)' } foreach ($j in $empty) { " $($j.Name) [$($j.Id)]" Show-LinkMembers $j try { $last = $j.FindLastSession() if ($last) { ' FindLastSession(): JobId = {0}, JobName = {1}, Start = {2}, Result = {3}' -f ` (Get-Prop $last 'JobId'), (Get-Prop $last 'JobName'), $last.CreationTime, (Get-Prop $last 'Result') } else { ' FindLastSession(): ' } } catch { " FindLastSession(): not available: $($_.Exception.Message)" } '' } '== 4. Other job cmdlets' foreach ($cmd in 'Get-VBRBackupCopyJob', 'Get-VBRComputerBackupCopyJob', 'Get-VBRComputerBackupJob') { if (-not (Get-Command $cmd -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { " ${cmd}: not available"; continue } try { $found = @(& $cmd -WarningAction SilentlyContinue) " ${cmd}: $($found.Count) job(s)" foreach ($f in $found) { ' {0} [{1}] Type = {2}, Mode = {3}' -f (Get-Prop $f 'Name'), (Get-Prop $f 'Id'), (Get-Prop $f 'Type'), (Get-Prop $f 'Mode') } } catch { " ${cmd}: error: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } } | Out-String -Width 300 $report $report | Set-Content -Path $OutFile -Encoding UTF8 Write-Host "Saved to $OutFile"