Hello everyone,
These last days I have been developing several scripts related to Veeam Backup & Replication where I have had the opportunity to use more the Powershell modules of Veeam. So in this opportunity I will be showing you in a basic way how to get information related to the WAN accelerators configured on the Backup server.
As always it is necessary to establish connection with the Backup server using the Connect-VBRServer command.
PS C:\Users\jocolon> Connect-VBRServer -Server veeam-vbr.pharmax.local -Credential (Get-Credential)
cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
User: pharmax\administrator
Password for user pharmax\administrator: ````
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
After connecting to the server we can use the Get-VBRWANAccelerator cmdlet to identify the WAN accelerators configured in the Backup server.
PS C:\Users\jocolon> Get-VBRWANAccelerator
Id : 460d48bc-9e6f-4330-8e05-05d7cdc035cd
Name : VEEAM-REPO-01V.pharmax.local
Description : Created by PHARMAX\administrator at 10/12/2022 1:20 PM.
HostId : f551fdee-3479-4631-86d2-863c27440b22
Options : Veeam.Backup.Core.CDomWaOptions
Id : 52dba096-8c13-4c8c-a548-3dffa1d1ae3a
Name : VEEAM-VBR
Description : Created by PHARMAX\administrator at 12/15/2019 7:55 PM.
HostId : 6745a759-2205-4cd2-b172-8ec8f7e60ef8
Options : Veeam.Backup.Core.CDomWaOptions
Id : a77760ff-f5bf-4ab0-9d95-4668c88724b7
Name : VEEAM-WAN-01V.pharmax.local
Description : Created by PHARMAX\administrator at 10/12/2022 1:37 PM.
HostId : f25bb5e2-c08b-47e4-b338-2f15a68592e8
Options : Veeam.Backup.Core.CDomWaOptions
Id : 9e8fbcf6-d65a-4079-b77c-50efe60d2194
Name : VEEAM-VBR-02V.pharmax.local
Description : Created by PHARMAX\jocolon at 12/20/2021 12:53 PM.
HostId : 8452413e-92ee-4461-951d-516c7cf27cec
Options : Veeam.Backup.Core.CDomWaOptions
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
As you can see the result of the cmdlet seems a bit incomplete, since it does not show some important information such as the TCP port used or the configured cache space. In order to obtain this information I share with you a basic example that allows to obtain more relevant information.
$OutObj = @()
$WANAccels = Get-VBRWANAccelerator | Sort-Object -Property Name
foreach ($WANAccel in $WANAccels) {
$IsWaHasAnyCaches = 'Unknown'
try {
Write-Verbose "Discovered $($WANAccel.Name) Wan Accelerator."
try {
$IsWaHasAnyCaches = $WANAccel.IsWaHasAnyCaches()
} catch {
Write-Verbose "Wan Accelerator $($WANAccel.Name) IsWaHasAnyCaches() Item: $($_.Exception.Message)"
}
try {
$ServiceIPAddress = $WANAccel.GetWaConnSpec().Endpoints.IP -join ", "
} catch {
Write-Verbose "Wan Accelerator $($WANAccel.Name) GetWaConnSpec() Item: $($_.Exception.Message)"
}
$inObj = [ordered] @{
'Name' = $WANAccel.Name
'Host Name' = $WANAccel.GetHost().Name
'Is Public' = $WANAccel.GetType().IsPublic
'Management Port' = "$($WANAccel.GetWaMgmtPort())\TCP"
'Service IP Address' = $ServiceIPAddress
'Traffic Port' = "$($WANAccel.GetWaTrafficPort())\TCP"
'Max Tasks Count' = $WANAccel.FindWaHostComp().Options.MaxTasksCount
'Download Stream Count' = $WANAccel.FindWaHostComp().Options.DownloadStreamCount
'Enable Performance Mode' = $WANAccel.FindWaHostComp().Options.EnablePerformanceMode
'Configured Cache' = $IsWaHasAnyCaches
'Cache Path' = $WANAccel.FindWaHostComp().Options.CachePath
'Max Cache Size' = "$($WANAccel.FindWaHostComp().Options.MaxCacheSize) $($WANAccel.FindWaHostComp().Options.SizeUnit)"
}
$OutObj = [pscustomobject]$inobj
} catch {
Write-Verbose "Wan Accelerator $($WANAccel.Name) Table: $($_.Exception.Message)"
}
}
In the following example I show you the result of the code to obtain the information about the WAN accelerators connected to our Veeam Backup server.
Name : VEEAM-REPO-01V.pharmax.local
Host Name : VEEAM-REPO-01V.pharmax.local
Is Public : True
Management Port : 6164\TCP
Service IP Address :
Traffic Port : 6165\TCP
Max Tasks Count : 1
Download Stream Count : 5
Enable Performance Mode : False
Configured Cache : Unknown
Cache Path : E:\VeeamWAN
Max Cache Size : 10 GB
Name : VEEAM-VBR
Host Name : VEEAM-VBR.pharmax.local
Is Public : True
Management Port : 6164\TCP
Service IP Address :
Traffic Port : 6165\TCP
Max Tasks Count : 1
Download Stream Count : 5
Enable Performance Mode : True
Configured Cache : False
Cache Path : E:\VeeamWAN
Max Cache Size : 10 GB
Name : VEEAM-VBR-02V.pharmax.local
Host Name : VEEAM-VBR-02V.pharmax.local
Is Public : True
Management Port : 6164\TCP
Service IP Address :
Traffic Port : 6165\TCP
Max Tasks Count : 1
Download Stream Count : 5
Enable Performance Mode : False
Configured Cache : Unknown
Cache Path : E:\VeeamWAN
Max Cache Size : 100 GB
Name : VEEAM-WAN-01V.pharmax.local
Host Name : VEEAM-WAN-01V.pharmax.local
Is Public : True
Management Port : 6164\TCP
Service IP Address :
Traffic Port : 6165\TCP
Max Tasks Count : 1
Download Stream Count : 5
Enable Performance Mode : False
Configured Cache : Unknown
Cache Path : C:\VeeamWAN
Max Cache Size : 10 GB
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
As you can see in an advanced way you can extend the information of any PowerShell command by using PSCustomObject type objects. With this you can create a table with the needed information without having to create an additional cmdlet for this purpose.
I hope you enjoyed this post and find it useful in your professional journey.
Hasta Luego Amigos
