We are preparing the backup report and we are unable to fetch the oldest recovery point time.

Question

We are able to fetch latest recovery point time. But when we try to fetch the oldest its not possible. We are using Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPoint to fetch the recovery point. We are able to fecth only 7 days time diffrece data. How can we fetch oldest recovery point data using powershell.

Answer 1

Hello @Alwyn Gonsalves Thank you for contacting us through Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to assist you with your concern.

By default, the Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPoint cmdlet retrieves the recovery points for the last 7 days. To retrieve older recovery points, you need to specify the StartDateTime and EndDateTime parameters to define the time range for the recovery points you want to retrieve.

Here's an example PowerShell script that retrieves the oldest recovery point for a specified item:

$resourceGroupName = "MyResourceGroup"
$vaultName = "MyRecoveryServicesVault"
$itemName = "MyItem"
$containerName = "MyContainer"

Get the backup item

$backupItem = Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupItem -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -VaultName $vaultName -Name $itemName -ContainerName $containerName

Get the oldest recovery point

$recoveryPoints = Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPoint -Item $backupItem -StartDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-30) -EndDate (Get-Date) $oldestRecoveryPoint = $recoveryPoints | Sort-Object RecoveryPointTime | Select-Object -First 1

Display the oldest recovery point

Write-Host "Oldest recovery point time: $($oldestRecoveryPoint.RecoveryPointTime)"

In this example, the Get-AzRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPoint cmdlet is used to retrieve the recovery points for the last 30 days by specifying the StartDate and EndDate parameters. The recovery points are then sorted by the RecoveryPointTime property and the oldest recovery point is selected using the Select-Object cmdlet.

You can modify the StartDate and EndDate parameters to retrieve recovery points for a different time range as needed.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

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