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veeam free edition - backup automation

 http://www.cnwr.com/automating-veeam-with-powershell/



The powershell script:



    # VM names separated by commas

    $VMNames = “VM1”, “VM1”



    # vCenter name/IP

    $HostName = “10.30.10.140”



    # Directory that VM backups should go to

    $Directory = “\\10.30.10.85\Veeam”



    # Desired compression level, following compression level from Veeam (Optional)

    $CompressionLevel = “4”



    # Quiesce VM when taking snapshot (Optional; VMware Tools are required; Possible values: $True/$False)

    $EnableQuiescence = $True



    # Protect resulting backup with encryption key (Optional; $True/$False)

    $EnableEncryption = $False



    # Encryption Key (Optional; path to a secure string, C:\SecureString.txt”

    $EncryptionKey = “”



    # Retention settings (Optional; By default, VeeamZIP files are not removed and kept in the specified location for an indefinite period of time.

    # Possible values: Never , Tonight, TomorrowNight, In3days, In1Week, In2Weeks, In1Month)

    $Retention = “In3days”



    # Email Settings



    # Enable notification (Optional)

    $EnableNotification = $True



    # Email SMTP server

    $SMTPServer = “smtp.smtp.com”



    # Email FROM

    $EmailFrom = “sender@cnwr.com”



    # Email TO

    $EmailTo = “recipient@cnwr.com”



    # Email subject

    $EmailSubject = “Veeam Backup Job”

    # Email formatting



    $style = “<style>BODY{font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;}”

    $style = $style + “TABLE{border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}”

    $style = $style + “TH{border: 1px solid black; background: #54b948; padding: 5px; }”

    $style = $style + “TD{border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; }”

    $style = $style + “</style>”



    ##################################################################

    # End User Defined Variables

    ##################################################################



    #################### DO NOT MODIFY PAST THIS LINE ################

    Asnp VeeamPSSnapin



    $Server = Get-VBRServer -name $HostName

    $mbody = @()



    foreach ($VMName in $VMNames)

    {

    $VM = Find-VBRViEntity -Name $VMName -Server $Server

    $ZIPSession = Start-VBRZip -Entity $VM -Folder $Directory -Compression $CompressionLevel -DisableQuiesce:(!$EnableQuiescence) -AutoDelete $Retention



    If ($EnableNotification)

    {

    $TaskSessions = $ZIPSession.GetTaskSessions()

    $FailedSessions = $TaskSessions | where {$_.status -eq “EWarning” -or $_.Status -eq “EFailed”}



    if ($FailedSessions -ne $Null)

    {

    $mbody = $mbody + ($ZIPSession | Select-Object @{n=”Name”;e={($_.name).Substring(0, $_.name.LastIndexOf(“(“))}} ,@{n=”Start Time”;e={$_.CreationTime}},@{n=”End Time”;e={$_.EndTime}},Result,@{n=”Details”;e={$FailedSessions.Title}})

    }



    Else

    {

    $mbody = $mbody + ($ZIPSession | Select-Object @{n=”Name”;e={($_.name).Substring(0, $_.name.LastIndexOf(“(“))}} ,@{n=”Start Time”;e={$_.CreationTime}},@{n=”End Time”;e={$_.EndTime}},Result,@{n=”Details”;e={($TaskSessions | sort creationtime -Descending | select -first 1).Title}})

    }



    }

    }

    If ($EnableNotification)

    {

    $Message = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $EmailFrom, $EmailTo

    $Message.Subject = $EmailSubject

    $Message.IsBodyHTML = $True

    $message.Body = $mbody | ConvertTo-Html -head $style | Out-String

    $SMTP = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTPServer)

    $SMTP.Send($Message)

    }
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veeam free edition - backup automation
