Failed to create a new instance from backup #11876

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1. abh1sar

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   on Oct 21, 2025
2. abh1sar commented on Oct 21, 2025

   

   abh1sar

   on Oct 21, 2025

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   @leolns the Volume (Primary Storage) name in vmware is created by removing the '-' hyphens from the Primary storage UUID in cloudstack. So the -Name parameter looks correct.

   The issue is with the -Server parameter.
   $server = Get-VBRServer -Name \"%s\"", hostIp

   The $server returned here is an Array object, which the command does not expect. Hence the error.

   Can you try running Get-VBRServer -Name directly on the Veeam server?
   Ideally it should return only one entry, but for you it seems to be returning multiple.

   Please check why are multiple servers present in Veeam for the same IP.
3. leolns commented on Oct 21, 2025

   

   leolns

   on Oct 21, 2025

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   You were correct that the server object was returning an array. I fixed a duplicate configuration, and now it returns correctly. However, Find-VBRViDatastore still cannot find the database using the UUID, only by name, as shown below.

   PS C:\Users\Administrator> $server = Get-VBRServer -Name "172.22.254.10"
   PS C:\Users\Administrator> Find-VBRViDatastore -Server:$server -Name "0f2b59684453331eb366a6d7036bae96"
   PS C:\Users\Administrator> Find-VBRViDatastore -Server:$server -Name "vsanCS01"
   
   
   
   SystemVolumeType : Vsan
   IsVSAN           : True
   IsVVol           : False
   ConnHost         : 172.22.254.34(f3b8c7e2-91d4-4a6f-8c2b-7d1a5e4f9b3c)
   Type             : Datastore
   Reference        : datastore-172492
   Capacity         : 89615683813376
   FreeSpace        : 43780881521584
   Id               : f3b8c7e2-91d4-4a6f-8c2b-7d1a5e4f9b3c_datastore-172492
   Path             : vsanCS01
   Name             : vsanCS01
   

   Management log:

   ERROR [o.a.c.b.v.VeeamClient] (API-Job-Executor-70:[ctx-0aee04b2, job-58594, ctx-eb2fab33]) (logid:da32d532) Veeam PowerShell commands [PowerShell Import-Module Veeam.Backup.PowerShell -WarningAction SilentlyContinue;$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue';$points = Get-VBRRestorePoint;foreach($point in $points) { if ($point.Id -eq '6d748ad2-ec6d-44fe-842d-78cf7d57000f') { $restorePoint = $point; break; } };$server = Get-VBRServer -Name "172.22.254.10";$ds = Find-VBRViDatastore -Server:$server -Name "0f2b59684453331eb366a6d7036bae96";$job = Start-VBRRestoreVM -RestorePoint:$restorePoint -Server:$server -Datastore:$ds -VMName "i-8-667-DEMO-RESTORE-BKP" -RunAsync;while (-not (Get-VBRRestoreSession -Id $job.Id).IsCompleted) { Start-Sleep -Seconds 10 }] failed due to: [Start-VBRRestoreVM : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Datastore'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value ^M for the argument, and then try running the command again.^M
   At line:1 char:470^M
   ... VM -RestorePoint:$restorePoint -Server:$server -Datastore:$ds -VMName ...^M
   ~~~^M
   CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Start-VBRRestoreVM], ParameterBindingValidationException^M
   FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.StartVBRRestoreVM^M
   ^M
   Get-VBRRestoreSession : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Id'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument ^M
   that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.^M
   At line:1 char:556^M
   ... -BKP -RunAsync;while (-not (Get-VBRRestoreSession -Id $job.Id).IsComp ...^M
   ~~~~~~~^M
   + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-VBRRestoreSession], ParameterBindingValidationException^M
   FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.GetVBRRestoreSession^M
   M
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4. apache

   locked and limited conversation to collaborators on Oct 22, 2025
5. DaanHoogland

   converted this issue into a discussion #11886 on Oct 22, 2025