Checkmk Plugin broken after Veeam 10 Update

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Hello Checkmk Team and Forum.

Veeam 10 (https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_10_0_whats_new_wn.pdf) got released a few days ago. After the Veeam 10 Update the Checkmk Check Plugin is broken. (checkmk/agents/windows/plugins/veeam_backup_status.ps1 at master · Checkmk/checkmk · GitHub)
Checkmk uses the Veeam Powershell Snap-In. Veeam 10 added a warning message to some CMDlet functions.

WARNUNG: This cmdlet is obsolete and no longer supported. To get computer backup job use “Get-VBRComputerBackupJob” instead.

Example:

veeam10-cmk-error
veeam10-cmk-error1306×392 14.8 KB

The warning message is the reason why the checkmk plugin is broken.

veeam10-cmk-error2
veeam10-cmk-error21164×83 5.39 KB

If you run the recommended command “Get-VBRComputerBackupJob” you only get a fraction of the information you get from “Get-VBRJob”.

Veeam 10 Powershell Reference: A-Z Cmdlets List - Veeam Backup PowerShell Reference

I hope we get a solution for this asap. Please keep in mind before updating to Veeam 10 that Checkmk (in the current state) is not able to monitor it anymore!

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Workaround:

  1. Edit the veeam_backup_status.ps1 file.
  2. Create a new line after line 9
  3. Add the following:
    $WarningPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
  4. Profit.

With this small edit you suppress any warnings from the cmdlet. Idk if this is pull request worthy. It’s more a workaround rather than a fix.
Happy Monitoring :wink:

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