Veeam VBR As Built Report

Veeam VBR As Built Report is a PowerShell module which works in conjunction with AsBuiltReport.Core.

AsBuiltReport is an open-sourced community project which utilises PowerShell to produce as-built documentation in multiple document formats for multiple vendors and technologies.

Please refer to the AsBuiltReport website for more detailed information about this project.

📚 Sample Reports

Sample Report - Veeam Style

Sample Veeam VBR As Built Report HTML file: Sample Report

Sample Diagram - Veeam Style

Sample Veeam VBR As Built Report Diagram file: Sample Diagram

🔰 Getting Started

Below are the instructions on how to install, configure and generate a Veeam VBR As Built report.

💾 Supported Versions

The Veeam VBR As Built Report supports the following Veeam Backup & Replication version;

• Veeam Backup & Replication v12+ (Standard, Enterprise & Enterprise Plus Edition)

❗Community Edition is not supported❗

🚫 Unsupported Versions

The versions 10 and 11 are no longer supported by Veeam. So I will not be performing compatibility tests with those versions. The report may work on previous versions but I do not guarantee and will not address issues related to pre-v12.

Veeam Product Lifecycle Policy

PowerShell

This report is compatible with the following PowerShell versions;

Windows PowerShell 5.1	PowerShell 7
✅	❌

🔧 System Requirements

PowerShell 5.1 and the following PowerShell modules are required for generating a Veeam VBR As Built report.

• Veeam.Backup.PowerShell Module
• PScriboCharts Module
• AsBuiltReport.Core Module
• Veeam.Diagrammer Module
• Diagrammer.Core Module

🔐 Required Privileges

Only users with Veeam Backup Administrator role assigned can generate a Veeam VBR As Built Report.

📦 Module Installation

PowerShell

Install-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR

GitHub

If you are unable to use the PowerShell Gallery, you can still install the module manually. Ensure you repeat the following steps for the system requirements also.

1. Download the code package / latest release zip from GitHub

2. Extract the zip file

3. Copy the folder AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR to a path that is set in $env:PSModulePath.

4. Open a PowerShell terminal window and unblock the downloaded files with

   $path = (Get-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR -ListAvailable).ModuleBase; Unblock-File -Path $path\*.psd1; Unblock-File -Path $path\Src\Public\*.ps1; Unblock-File -Path $path\Src\Private\*.ps1

5. Close and reopen the PowerShell terminal window.

Note: You are not limited to installing the module to those example paths, you can add a new entry to the environment variable PSModulePath if you want to use another path.

✏️ Configuration

The Veeam VBR As Built Report utilizes a JSON file to allow configuration of report information, options, detail and healthchecks.

A Veeam VBR report configuration file can be generated by executing the following command;

New-AsBuiltReportConfig -Report Veeam.VBR -FolderPath <User specified folder> -Filename <Optional>

Executing this command will copy the default Veeam VBR report JSON configuration to a user specified folder.

All report settings can then be configured via the JSON file.

The following provides information of how to configure each schema within the report's JSON file.

Report

The Report schema provides configuration of the Veeam VBR report information.

Sub-Schema	Setting	Default	Description
Name	User defined	Veeam VBR As Built Report	The name of the As Built Report
Version	User defined	1.0	The report version
Status	User defined	Released	The report release status
ShowCoverPageImage	true / false	true	Toggle to enable/disable the display of the cover page image
ShowTableOfContents	true / false	true	Toggle to enable/disable table of contents
ShowHeaderFooter	true / false	true	Toggle to enable/disable document headers & footers
ShowTableCaptions	true / false	true	Toggle to enable/disable table captions/numbering

Options

The Options schema allows certain options within the report to be toggled on or off.

Sub-Schema	Setting	Default	Description
BackupServerPort	TCP Port	9392	Set the backup server service's custom port.
PSDefaultAuthentication	Negotiate/Kerberos	Default	Set the PSRemoting authentication method
EnableHardwareInventory	true / false	false	Toggle to enable/disable of Hardware information
ReportStyle	Veeam/AsBuiltReport	Veeam	Allow to set report style template.
EnableDiagrams	true / false	false	Toggle to enable/disable of Infrastructure Diagrams
EnableDiagramsDebug	true/false	false	Toggle to enable/disable diagram debug option.
DiagramWaterMark	string	empty	Used to set the diagram waterMark.
ExportDiagrams	true/false	true	Toggle to enable/disable diagram export option.
EnableDiagramSignature	true/false	false	Toggle to enable/disable diagram signature (button right corner)
SignatureAuthorName	string	empty	Toggle to set signature author name.
SignatureCompanyName	string	empty	Toggle to set signature company name.

* Note: In order to generate the infrastructure diagram, the Veeam.Diagrammer module requires the following windows application Graphviz >= v9.0

InfoLevel

The InfoLevel schema allows configuration of each section of the report at a granular level. The following sections can be set.

There are 4 levels (0-3) of detail granularity for each section as follows;

Setting	InfoLevel	Description
0	Disabled	Does not collect or display any information
1	Enabled	Provides summarised information for a collection of objects
2	Adv Summary	Provides condensed, detailed information for a collection of objects
3	Detailed	Provides detailed information for individual objects

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Backup Infrastructure section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
BackupServe	1	3
Proxy	1	3
Settings	1	2
BR	1	2
Licenses	1	1
SOBR	1	2
WANAccel	1	1
ServiceProvider	1	2
SureBackup	1	2

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Tape Infrastructure section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
Server	1	1
Library	1	2
MediaPool	1	2
Vault	1	1
NDMP	1	1

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Inventory section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
VI	1	1
PHY	1	2
FileShare	1	1

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Storage Infrastructure section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
ONTAP	1	2
ISILON	1	2

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Backup Jobs section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
Backup	1	2
BackupCopy	1	2
Tape	1	2
Surebackup	1	2
Agent	1	2
FileShare	1	2
Replication	1	2
Restores	1	1

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Replication section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
Replica	1	2
FailoverPlan	1	1

The table below outlines the default and maximum InfoLevel settings for each Cloud Connect section.

Sub-Schema	Default Setting	Maximum Setting
Certificate	1	1
PublicIP	1	1
CloudGateway	1	2
GatewayPools	1	1
Tenants	1	2
BackupStorage	1	1
ReplicaResources	1	2

Healthcheck

The Healthcheck schema is used to toggle health checks on or off.

💻 Examples

There are a few examples listed below on running the AsBuiltReport script against a Veeam Backup Server. Refer to the README.md file in the main AsBuiltReport project repository for more examples.

# Generate a Veeam VBR As Built Report for Backup Server 'veeam-vbr.pharmax.local' using specified credentials. Export report to HTML & DOCX formats. Use default report style. Append timestamp to report filename. Save reports to 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents'
PS C:\> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target veeam-vbr.pharmax.local -Username 'Domain\veeam_admin' -Password 'P@ssw0rd' -Format Html,Word -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents' -Timestamp

# Generate a Veeam VBR As Built Report for Backup Server veeam-vbr.pharmax.local using specified credentials and report configuration file. Export report to Text, HTML & DOCX formats. Use default report style. Save reports to 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents'. Display verbose messages to the console.
PS C:\> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target veeam-vbr.pharmax.local -Username 'Domain\veeam_admin' -Password 'P@ssw0rd' -Format Text,Html,Word -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents' -ReportConfigFilePath 'C:\Users\Jon\AsBuiltReport\AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR.json' -Verbose

# Generate a Veeam VBR As Built Report for Backup Server veeam-vbr.pharmax.local using stored credentials. Export report to HTML & Text formats. Use default report style. Highlight environment issues within the report. Save reports to 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents'.
PS C:\> $Creds = Get-Credential
PS C:\> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target veeam-vbr.pharmax.local -Credential $Creds -Format Html,Text -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents' -EnableHealthCheck

# Generate a Veeam VBR As Built Report for Backup Server veeam-vbr.pharmax.local using stored credentials. Export report to HTML & DOCX formats. Use default report style. Reports are saved to the user profile folder by default. Attach and send reports via e-mail.
PS C:\> New-AsBuiltReport -Report Veeam.VBR -Target veeam-vbr.pharmax.local -Username 'Domain\veeam_admin' -Password 'P@ssw0rd' -Format Html,Word -OutputFolderPath 'C:\Users\Jon\Documents' -SendEmail

❌ Known Issues

• Since many of Veeam's features depend on the Standard+ license, the Community edition is not supported.
• If the Veeam Backup Server is not joined to an Active Directory domain (WorkGroup Auth), the PSDefaultAuthentication option must be set to Negotiate. If it is not, some of the report sections will be missing.