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Export-VBRLogs

Replicas
Managing Jobs

Short Description

Job Settings
Failover and Failback
Failover Plans
Backup Copy Jobs
Conguration Backup
SureBackup
Quick Migration

Collects system logs for export.

Applies to
Platform: VMware, Hyper-V
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

VeeamZIP
Quick Backup

Syntax

VM Copy
Data Recovery
Instant VM Recovery

ExportVBRLogsServer<CHost[]>FolderPath<String>[Compress][
From<DateTime>][To<DateTime>][WarningAction<ActionPreference>]

Backups

[WarningVariable<String>][<CommonParameters>]

Restore Points

OR

Encryption

ExportVBRLogsJob<IJob[]>FolderPath<String>[Compress][From
<DateTime>][To<DateTime>][WarningAction<ActionPreference>][

Credentials

WarningVariable<String>][<CommonParameters>]

Sessions

OR

SQL Item Restore

Tape Devices Support

ExportVBRLogsEntity<IVmItem[]>FolderPath<String>[Compress][
From<DateTime>][To<DateTime>][WarningAction<ActionPreference>]
[WarningVariable<String>][<CommonParameters>]

vCloud Director

OR

Veeam Cloud Connect

ExportVBRLogsBackup<CBackup[]>FolderPath<String>[Compress][

NetApp Storage Systems

From<DateTime>][To<DateTime>][WarningAction<ActionPreference>]
[WarningVariable<String>][<CommonParameters>]

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage

Systems
HPE StoreVirtual Storage Systems
EMC VNX Storage Systems
Veeam Endpoint Backup
Logs Export
Export-VBRLogs
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Related Commands
Get-VBRServer
Get-VBRJob
Get-VSBJob
Find-VBRViEntity / Find-VBRHvEntity
Get-VBRBackup

Detailed Description
This cmdlet collects system logs. You can use this cmdlet to collect logs you can send to the Veeam
support.
The log les are written to the folder you specify in this cmdlet.
This cmdlet provides syntax for getting logs for hosts, jobs, entities or backups. You can get logs for all
kind of virtual host, any jobs including SureBackup jobs, all entities including datastores, clusters,
replicas, etc., or any backup.

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Parameters
Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Server

Species the
server(s) from
which you want
to collect logs.

True

Named

True
(ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Note that
selected servers
must be running
and reachable
over the
network.
You can assign
multiple servers
to this object.
From

Species the
start date to
collect the logs
for export. Enter
the date in
format set in
your workstation
Date and Time
settings.

False

Named

False

False

To

Species the end

date to collect
the logs for
export. Enter the
date in format
set in your
workstation Date
and Time
settings.

False

Named

False

False

Job

Species the
job(s) you want
to collect logs for.
You can get logs
for all kind of
jobs.

True

Named

True
(ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

True

Named

True
(ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

True

Named

True
(ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

True

Named

False

False

You can assign

multiple jobs to
this object.
Entity

Species the
VM(s) you want
to collect logs for.
You can assign
multiple VMs to
this object.

Backup

Species the
backups you
want to collect
logs for.
You can assign
multiple backups
to this object.

FolderPath

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Species the
destination
folder to which
the logs will be
exported.

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Compress

If set, the log les

will be archived.

False

Named

False

False

<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common
parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example 1
This command starts collecting log les from the server represented by the $server variable. The
destination path is C:\Logs. The period for collecting data is July, 21, 2013 - July, 25, 2013. The data
compression is enabled. Run Get-VBRServer to get the source server.

PSC:\PS>ExportVBRLogsServer$serverFolderPath"C:\Logs"
CompressFrom7/21/2013To7/25/2013

Example 2
This command starts collecting log les for the SureBackup job named "DC SureJob". The job is obtained
with Get-VSBJob and piped down. The destination path is C:\Logs\SureBackup Logs. The period for
collecting data is not set to collect all the data for the job. The data compression is enabled.

PSC:\PS>GetVSBJobName"DCSureJob"|ExportVBRLogsFolderPath
"C:\Logs\SureBackupLogs"Compress

Example 3
This command starts collecting log les for the VM named "DC" for May, 2015. The VM is obtained with
Find-VBRViEntity and piped down. The destination path is C:\Logs. The data compression is enabled.

PSC:\PS>FindVBRViEntityName"DC"|ExportVBRLogsFolderPath
"C:\Logs"CompressFrom5/01/2015To6/01/2015

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