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Backup-Dashboard/collectors/wsb/Send-WsbBackupStatus.ps1
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kyleandClaude Opus 5.5 a14b1b0dc9 Add Windows Server Backup collector
PowerShell script for servers using Windows Server Backup, run hourly as
a SYSTEM scheduled task under Windows PowerShell 5.1. Each server is one
dashboard job.

- Backup jobs from Get-WBJob (in progress and -Previous) within the
  lookback window; restores are ignored. WSB jobs have no ID, so runs
  are keyed on start time, which also merges a Running report with the
  finished one
- Error HRESULT -> failed; detailed error or a failed item -> warning;
  messages include the error description, codes as 0x8XXXXXXX, failed
  items and the failure log path
- Next run from Get-WBSummary's NextBackupTime
- Get-WsbCollectorDiagnostics.ps1 dumps the cmdlets' real objects and
  recent Microsoft-Windows-Backup events (to check whether job times
  are local or UTC); installer adapted from the MARS one

Not yet run against a real server.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
2026-10-07 15:56:04 -06:00

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Reports Windows Server Backup (WSB) results to the Backup Dashboard.
.DESCRIPTION
Runs on a server with the Windows Server Backup feature, normally as a SYSTEM scheduled task
every 60 minutes (see Install-WsbCollector.ps1). The server appears on the dashboard as one job.
Each run sends:
- the next scheduled backup (Get-WBSummary's NextBackupTime), which drives the dashboard's
Overdue flag, and
- every backup from the last LookbackHours that the dashboard hasn't already received in its
final state. A backup in progress is sent as Running until it finishes.
WSB jobs have no ID, so a run is identified by its start time. Already-reported runs are
tracked in a state file, and the ingest API is idempotent, so a failed or repeated run is
harmless: anything not confirmed is retried next time.
Written for Windows PowerShell 5.1, which the WindowsServerBackup module targets.
.PARAMETER ConfigPath
JSON config with ApiUrl, ApiKey and Tenant (optional: JobName, SourceSystem, LookbackHours).
.PARAMETER LookbackHours
Overrides the config value. Use 720 once to backfill 30 days of history.
.PARAMETER DryRun
Print the payloads instead of sending them. Doesn't touch the state or log files.
.EXAMPLE
.\Send-WsbBackupStatus.ps1 -DryRun
.EXAMPLE
.\Send-WsbBackupStatus.ps1 -LookbackHours 720
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[string]$ConfigPath = (Join-Path $env:ProgramData 'BackupDashboard\wsb-collector.json'),
[int]$LookbackHours = 0,
[switch]$DryRun
)
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$DataDir = Split-Path -Parent $ConfigPath
$LogPath = Join-Path $DataDir 'wsb-collector.log'
$StatePath = Join-Path $DataDir 'wsb-collector.state.json'
$MaxLogBytes = 5MB
# Covers 30 days at several backups a day
$MaxPreviousJobs = 200
$Invariant = [Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture
# ---------- Helpers ----------
function Write-Log {
param([string]$Message, [string]$Level = 'INFO')
$line = '{0} [{1}] {2}' -f (Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'), $Level, $Message
Write-Host $line
if ($DryRun) { return }
if ((Test-Path $LogPath) -and (Get-Item $LogPath).Length -gt $MaxLogBytes) {
Move-Item $LogPath "$LogPath.1" -Force
}
Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value $line -Encoding UTF8
}
function Get-ErrorText($ErrorRecord) {
# Windows PowerShell puts the HTTP response body (e.g. the API's 422 explanation) here
if ($ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails -and $ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails.Message) {
return "$($ErrorRecord.Exception.Message) $($ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails.Message)"
}
return $ErrorRecord.Exception.Message
}
# The API needs an explicit UTC offset. DateTimeOffset keeps a Local/Unspecified time as local and a
# Utc time as +00:00.
function ConvertTo-IsoTime($Value) {
if ($null -eq $Value) { return $null }
$dt = [datetime]$Value
if ($dt.Year -le 1900) { return $null } # "not set" (DateTime.MinValue and friends)
return ([DateTimeOffset]$dt).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:sszzz", $Invariant)
}
# First property of $Object, out of $Names, that exists and isn't empty. The WSB object model isn't
# fully documented, so reads go through this rather than assuming one spelling.
function Get-FirstValue($Object, [string[]]$Names) {
if ($null -eq $Object) { return $null }
foreach ($name in $Names) {
try {
$prop = $Object.PSObject.Properties[$name]
if (-not $prop) { continue }
$value = $prop.Value
# Check emptiness by type: casting to [string] would make a one-item list of objects ''
if ($null -eq $value) { continue }
if ($value -is [string] -and $value -eq '') { continue }
if ($value -is [Collections.ICollection] -and $value.Count -eq 0) { continue }
return $value
} catch { }
}
return $null
}
function Import-Wsb {
if (Get-Command Get-WBJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { return } # already loaded
# Present only when the Windows Server Backup feature (with its command-line tools) is installed
Import-Module WindowsServerBackup
}
# ---------- Jobs ----------
function Get-JobTime($Job, [string]$Field) {
$value = Get-FirstValue $Job @($Field)
if ($null -eq $value) { return $null }
$dt = [datetime]$value
if ($dt.Year -le 1900) { return $null } # e.g. EndTime while a backup is running
return $dt
}
# HRESULTs as numbers; 0 = OK. $null when the job doesn't have the property.
function Get-HResult($Object, [string]$Field) {
$value = Get-FirstValue $Object @($Field)
if ($null -eq $value) { return $null }
return [long]$value
}
function Format-HResult([long]$Value) {
if ($Value -lt 0) { $Value += 4294967296 } # show as the familiar unsigned 0x8XXXXXXX
return '0x{0:X8}' -f $Value
}
function Get-JobItems($Job) {
return @(Get-FirstValue $Job @('JobItems', 'Items') | Where-Object { $_ })
}
function Get-ItemName($Item) {
$name = Get-FirstValue $Item @('Name', 'VolumeLabel', 'MountPath', 'Path', 'Type')
if ($name) { return [string]$name }
return 'Item'
}
# Items (volumes, system state, ...) that reported an error
function Get-FailedItems($Job) {
return @(Get-JobItems $Job | Where-Object {
$hr = Get-HResult $_ 'HResult'
$state = [string](Get-FirstValue $_ @('State', 'JobState'))
($hr -and $hr -ne 0) -or $state -match 'Fail'
})
}
function Get-RunStatus($Job) {
$state = [string](Get-FirstValue $Job @('JobState', 'State'))
if (-not (Get-JobTime $Job 'EndTime') -and $state -notmatch 'Complet|Fail|Cancel|Abort|Stop|Succe') {
return 'running'
}
if ($state -match 'Fail') { return 'failed' }
if ($state -match 'Cancel|Abort|Stop') { return 'warning' }
$hr = Get-HResult $Job 'HResult'
if ($hr -and $hr -ne 0) { return 'failed' }
# Overall success but something underneath went wrong (e.g. a volume or files skipped)
$detailed = Get-HResult $Job 'DetailedHResult'
if (($detailed -and $detailed -ne 0) -or (Get-FailedItems $Job).Count) { return 'warning' }
if (-not $state -or $state -match 'Complet|Succe') { return 'success' }
return 'warning' # finished in a state we don't recognise: surface it rather than hide it
}
function Get-RunMessage($Job, [string]$Status) {
$lines = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[string]'
$state = [string](Get-FirstValue $Job @('JobState', 'State'))
$description = Get-FirstValue $Job @('ErrorDescription', 'DetailedMessage')
if ($description) { $lines.Add(([string]$description).Trim()) }
$hr = Get-HResult $Job 'HResult'
$detailed = Get-HResult $Job 'DetailedHResult'
if (($hr -and $hr -ne 0) -or ($detailed -and $detailed -ne 0)) {
$codes = @()
if ($hr -and $hr -ne 0) { $codes += "error $(Format-HResult $hr)" }
if ($detailed -and $detailed -ne 0) { $codes += "detailed error $(Format-HResult $detailed)" }
$lines.Add('Windows Server Backup reported ' + ($codes -join ', ') + '.')
}
foreach ($item in Get-FailedItems $Job) {
$itemError = Get-FirstValue $item @('ErrorDescription', 'DetailedMessage')
$itemHr = Get-HResult $item 'HResult'
$line = "$(Get-ItemName $item) - " # names are often volumes like "D:", so no colon
if ($itemError) { $line += ([string]$itemError).Trim() }
elseif ($itemHr) { $line += "error $(Format-HResult $itemHr)" }
else { $line += [string](Get-FirstValue $item @('State', 'JobState')) }
$lines.Add($line)
}
if ($Status -ne 'success') {
$failureLog = Get-FirstValue $Job @('FailureLogPath')
if ($failureLog) { $lines.Add("Failure log: $failureLog") }
}
if ($lines.Count -eq 0) {
switch ($Status) {
'success' { return 'Backup completed successfully.' }
'running' { return '' }
default { return "Backup finished with state '$state'." }
}
}
# WSB reports "Completed" even for a backup that failed with an error code, so only mention
# the state when it says something else (e.g. cancelled)
if ($state -and $Status -ne 'success' -and $state -notmatch 'Complet') { $lines.Insert(0, "Job state: $state") }
return ($lines -join "`n")
}
function ConvertTo-Run($Job) {
$status = Get-RunStatus $Job
$details = [ordered]@{ server = $env:COMPUTERNAME }
$items = @(Get-JobItems $Job | ForEach-Object { Get-ItemName $_ })
if ($items.Count) { $details.items = $items }
$state = Get-FirstValue $Job @('JobState', 'State')
if ($state) { $details.wsb_state = [string]$state }
$version = Get-FirstValue $Job @('VersionId')
if ($version) { $details.version_id = [string]$version }
# No external_id: WSB jobs have no ID, so the API keys the run on started_at
$run = [ordered]@{
status = $status
started_at = ConvertTo-IsoTime (Get-JobTime $Job 'StartTime')
message = Get-RunMessage $Job $status
details = $details
}
if ($status -ne 'running') {
$finished = ConvertTo-IsoTime (Get-JobTime $Job 'EndTime')
if ($finished) { $run.finished_at = $finished } # otherwise the API uses receipt time
}
return $run
}
function Test-IsBackupJob($Job) {
# Get-WBJob also lists recoveries; only backups belong on the dashboard
$type = [string](Get-FirstValue $Job @('JobType', 'Type'))
return (-not $type) -or $type -match 'Backup'
}
function Get-NextRun {
try {
$summary = Get-WBSummary
return ConvertTo-IsoTime (Get-FirstValue $summary @('NextBackupTime'))
} catch {
Write-Log "Couldn't read the backup summary: $(Get-ErrorText $_)" 'WARN'
return $null
}
}
function Send-Report($Body) {
$json = $Body | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 6 -Compress
if ($DryRun) {
Write-Host $json
return
}
# Send bytes: Windows PowerShell would otherwise encode a string body as Latin-1
$params = @{
Uri = "$($Config.ApiUrl.TrimEnd('/'))/api/v1/ingest"
Method = 'Post'
Headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $($Config.ApiKey)" }
ContentType = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
Body = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($json)
TimeoutSec = 30
}
Invoke-RestMethod @params | Out-Null
}
# ---------- Main ----------
try {
$Config = Get-Content -Path $ConfigPath -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
foreach ($key in 'ApiUrl', 'ApiKey', 'Tenant') {
if (-not $Config.$key) { throw "Config $ConfigPath is missing '$key'" }
}
$SourceSystem = if ($Config.SourceSystem) { [string]$Config.SourceSystem } else { 'Windows Server Backup' }
$JobName = if ($Config.JobName) { [string]$Config.JobName } else { "$env:COMPUTERNAME - Windows Server Backup" }
if ($LookbackHours -le 0) {
$LookbackHours = if ($Config.LookbackHours) { [int]$Config.LookbackHours } else { 48 }
}
# Windows PowerShell 5.1 may default to TLS 1.0
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Import-Wsb
# Run start time (ISO, as sent) -> Unix seconds, for runs already delivered in their final state
$sent = @{}
if (Test-Path $StatePath) {
$saved = Get-Content -Path $StatePath -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
if ($saved) { foreach ($p in $saved.PSObject.Properties) { $sent[$p.Name] = [long]$p.Value } }
}
$since = (Get-Date).AddHours(-$LookbackHours)
# Get-WBJob with no arguments returns the job in progress (if any); -Previous lists finished ones
$jobs = @(@(Get-WBJob) + @(Get-WBJob -Previous $MaxPreviousJobs) | Where-Object {
$_ -and (Test-IsBackupJob $_) -and (Get-JobTime $_ 'StartTime')
})
$byStart = [ordered]@{}
foreach ($job in $jobs) {
$start = Get-JobTime $job 'StartTime'
if ($start -lt $since) { continue }
$byStart[(ConvertTo-IsoTime $start)] = $job # a job in both lists: the finished entry (later) wins
}
$pending = @($byStart.Keys | Sort-Object | Where-Object { -not $sent.ContainsKey($_) } |
ForEach-Object { $byStart[$_] })
$jobInfo = [ordered]@{
# Stable per server, so renaming the dashboard job via JobName doesn't create a new one
external_id = "wsb:$($env:COMPUTERNAME.ToLowerInvariant())"
name = $JobName
# Always sent (null when unscheduled) so the dashboard's value tracks WSB's
next_run_at = Get-NextRun
}
} catch {
Write-Log "Collector setup failed: $(Get-ErrorText $_)" 'ERROR'
exit 2
}
$failures = 0
$runsSent = 0
try {
if ($pending.Count -eq 0) {
# Keep next_run_at fresh even when nothing new ran
Send-Report ([ordered]@{ tenant = $Config.Tenant; source_system = $SourceSystem; job = $jobInfo })
}
foreach ($job in $pending) {
$run = ConvertTo-Run $job
Send-Report ([ordered]@{ tenant = $Config.Tenant; source_system = $SourceSystem; job = $jobInfo; run = $run })
$runsSent++
if ($run.status -ne 'running') {
$sent[$run.started_at] = ([DateTimeOffset](Get-JobTime $job 'StartTime')).ToUnixTimeSeconds()
}
}
} catch {
$failures++
Write-Log "Failed to report: $(Get-ErrorText $_)" 'ERROR'
}
if (-not $DryRun) {
# Forget runs that have aged out of the lookback window (plus a day of slack)
$cutoff = [DateTimeOffset]::Now.AddHours(-$LookbackHours - 24).ToUnixTimeSeconds()
$keep = [ordered]@{}
foreach ($key in $sent.Keys) {
if ($sent[$key] -ge $cutoff) { $keep[$key] = $sent[$key] }
}
try {
$keep | ConvertTo-Json -Compress | Set-Content -Path $StatePath -Encoding UTF8
} catch {
Write-Log "Couldn't save state file: $(Get-ErrorText $_)" 'WARN'
}
}
Write-Log ("Reported {0} runs, {1} failures" -f $runsSent, $failures)
if ($failures) { exit 1 }