If you need a list of VM Backup jobs, either by operation type, or simply a full list of all jobs you can follow the steps below:
- Navigate to the machine where the VM Backup management console is running
- Ensure that VM Backup is logging to the Event log from the [Notifications] menu
- Open PowerShell with elevated permissions
- Simply paste the following command in the PowerShell console:
$VMBackupEvents = get-winevent -FilterHashtable @{Logname='Application';ID=5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5007} -MaxEvents 1000 | Format-List $VMBackupEvents > C:\AllVMBackupEvents.txt
- Once completed it will create .txt file with the latest 1000 entries created from VM Backup
Note: The default values entered in the command will collect the latest 1000 entries created by VM Backup, you can modify the following parts from the command for your needs:
ID; choose whatever you need by entering the following corresponding Event IDs:
Event ID 5000 - Successful Backup event
Event ID 5001 - Warning Backup event
Event ID 5002 - Failed Backup event
Event ID 5003 - Successful Restore or Verification event
Event ID 5004 - Failed Restore or Verification event
Event ID 5005 - Successful Offsite Copy event
Event ID 5007 - Failed Offsite Copy event
MaxEvents; the number of entries to export. It will start from the most recent entry.