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kyleandClaude Opus 5.5 8d0e6dca71 Move code shared by the collectors into one module

The Veeam, MARS, WSB and VB365 collectors each carried identical copies
of logging, ISO time conversion, property lookup, posting to the API,
config loading, TLS setup, the sent-runs state file and the 401 check,
and their installers repeated the same key prompt, locked-down config,
file copy and scheduled-task registration. These now live in
collectors/common/BackupDashboard.Collector.psm1:

- Initialize-Collector / Test-RunSent / Send-JobReport /
  Test-AuthRejected / Complete-Collector for collector runs
- Write-Log, Get-ErrorText, ConvertTo-IsoTime, Get-FirstValue
- Install-CollectorTask for the shared half of each installer

Collectors find the module next to themselves (installed) or in
..\common (repo); installers copy it into Program Files beside the
collector. The diagnostic scripts stay standalone single files.

No behavior change: a harness ran each collector against its mock
(12 scenarios: dry run, two real runs against a stub API, state file,
logs, exit codes, rejected key, en-GB, backfill) before and after, and
all 84 outputs are identical. Installers, run with stand-ins for the
Windows-only commands, write identical configs and tasks; the only
differences are the module being copied and the summary line naming
the shell's path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

2026-10-08 11:09:01 -06:00

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Windows Server Backup collector

A PowerShell script that runs on each server using Windows Server Backup (WSB) and reports its backups to the dashboard. Each server appears as one job, named <SERVER> - Windows Server Backup by default.

Checked against: Server 2019 Hyper-V host backing up VMs, successful backups only. Not yet seen on a real server: a failed backup, a failed VM or volume, or a backup in progress. Those paths are written to the same object model, but if one looks wrong, run Get-WsbCollectorDiagnostics.ps1 while it's in that state and send the output.

Install (on the server, as an administrator)

Requires the Windows Server Backup feature with its PowerShell module (Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backup). Runs under Windows PowerShell 5.1 (powershell.exe), which that module targets.

On the dashboard host, create a key for this server:
```
python manage.py create-key wsb-acme-dc01
```
Copy the whole collectors folder to the server (the installer needs common as well as this folder), then from collectors\wsb run:
```
.\Install-WsbCollector.ps1 -ApiUrl https://backups.example.com -Tenant "Acme Corp"
```
Add -JobName "Domain Controller" to choose the name shown on the dashboard. It prompts for the key, then:
- writes C:\ProgramData\BackupDashboard\wsb-collector.json (readable only by SYSTEM and Administrators)
- copies the script to C:\Program Files\BackupDashboard\
- registers the scheduled task Backup Dashboard - WSB collector (SYSTEM, every 60 minutes)

Preview the payloads, then backfill 30 days so the history view is populated straight away:

powershell.exe -File 'C:\Program Files\BackupDashboard\Send-WsbBackupStatus.ps1' -DryRun
powershell.exe -File 'C:\Program Files\BackupDashboard\Send-WsbBackupStatus.ps1' -LookbackHours 720

It can be installed alongside the other collectors: it uses its own config, state, log and task. Re-run the installer to change settings or update the script. It also installs BackupDashboard.Collector.psm1, the code shared by all collectors, next to the script.

What it sends

Dashboard	Windows Server Backup
Company	`Tenant` from the config
Job	One per server, ID `wsb:<computer name>`, so changing `JobName` renames rather than duplicates it
Run	One per backup job from `Get-WBJob`, identified by its start time (WSB jobs have no ID). Restores are ignored. `details.items` lists what was backed up: the VMs for a Hyper-V backup, otherwise volumes
Status	Error HRESULT → Failed. Success, but a detailed error or a failed item (e.g. one volume) → Warning. Cancelled or unrecognised → Warning. In progress → Running
Started / finished	Job start / end time. WSB gives these as local-time text to the minute, in the server's date format; the collector parses them with that format
Next scheduled	`Get-WBSummary`'s `NextBackupTime`. Empty when there's no scheduled backup
Message	Error description, error codes (as `0x8XXXXXXX`), failed VMs/volumes, and the failure log path
Size	Bytes processed across the backup's items

Each run covers the last 48 hours (LookbackHours). Runs already delivered are recorded in wsb-collector.state.json.

Troubleshooting

Log: C:\ProgramData\BackupDashboard\wsb-collector.log. Exit codes: 0 OK, 1 some runs failed to send (retried next run), 2 setup failed (config or WindowsServerBackup module).
Wrong status, times or messages: run .\Get-WsbCollectorDiagnostics.ps1 (read-only). It prints the real structure of what the cmdlets return, plus recent Microsoft-Windows-Backup events to compare times against.

Testing without Windows Server Backup

. ./tests/MockWsb.ps1                    # or: . ./tests/MockWsb.ps1 -WithRunningJob
./Send-WsbBackupStatus.ps1 -ConfigPath ./my-test-config.json -DryRun

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