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🔃 Veeam VBR As Built Report Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

This project is community maintained and has no sponsorship from Veeam, its employees or any of its affiliates.

[0.9.0] - 2026-03-??

🔃 Changed

  • Update module version to v0.9.0
  • Upgrade AsBuiltReport.Chart module to v0.3.0
  • Migrate charts to use AsBuiltReport.Chart charting functions
  • Migrate diagrams to use AsBuiltReport.Diagram diagramming functions
  • Update module references in README.md for Veeam VBR As Built Report
  • Reorganize module structure - moved module files to AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR/ subdirectory

[0.8.26] - 2026-02-20

🔃 Changed

  • Update module version to v0.8.26
  • Upgrade AsBuiltReport.Core module to v1.6.2
  • Modify entity retrieval functions for improved timeout handling
  • Add timeout handling for vSphere inventory queries
  • Enable Nutanix Backup Job information collection

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix issue preventing the report to complete

[0.8.25] - 2026-01-29

🔃 Changed

  • Update module version to v0.8.25

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix issue while trying to generate backup server diagrams from local Backup server
  • Fix repository diagram issues
  • Fix issue when enabling verbose logging
  • Fix issue preventing the report to complete

[0.8.24] - 2026-01-25

🧰 Added

  • Add dependency version check
  • Add sponsor information to the module header
  • Add timeout handling for vSphere inventory queries
  • Add additional security compliance checks for Veeam VBR Linux appliance
  • Add option to control the module update check process. Fix #229
  • Add support for running the report from Linux using Veeam PowerShell module for Linux

🔃 Changed

  • Update module version to v0.8.24
  • Upgrade Diagrammer.Core module to v0.2.37
  • Update GitHub release workflow to use latest checkout action version
  • Update GitHub release workflow to use latest bluesky-post-action version
  • Update GitHub CodeQL workflow to use latest checkout action version
  • Refactor Veeam Backup & Replication scripts to improve server information retrieval
  • Update TODO list with new tasks for security and compliance improvements
  • Implement pwsh best practices
  • Migrate Veeam.Diagrammer diagrams to the main report
  • Enable Export of diagrams in PDF format by default

❌ Remove

  • Remove noisy logging messages during report execution
  • Remove Veeam.Diagrammer dependency (Project no longer Maintained)

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix error in Unix system not finding default report configuration file
  • Fix Invoke-FindVBRViEntityWithTimeout not finding object in Unix based OS
  • Fix diagram size not respecting document border size

[0.8.23] - 2025-07-30

🧰 Added

  • Add support for Nutanix backup jobs
  • Add option to enable use of updated Veeam icons in generated diagrams

🔃 Changed

  • Update module version to v0.8.23
  • Upgrade Veeam.Diagrammer module to v0.8.24
  • Upgrade Diagrammer.Core module to v0.2.28

🐛 Fixed

  • Close #205

[0.8.22] - 2025-07-23

🧰 Added

  • Add Cloud Connect infrastructure diagram
  • Add per Tenant resources diagram

🔃 Changed

  • Updated Get-AbrVbrCloudConnectTenant to include diagram generation
  • Modified Invoke-AsBuiltReport to handle tenant-specific diagrams
  • Improved handling of diagram parameters and outputs
  • Updated changelog and version numbers across scripts
  • Refactor diagram section in Get-AbrVbrCloudConnectTenant function for improved error handling and clarity

🔃 Changed

  • Bump module to v0.8.22
  • Bump Veeam.Diagrammer module to v0.8.24
  • Bump Diagrammer.Core module to v0.2.27
  • Update workflow to use Windows 2022 for publishing PowerShell module

[0.8.21] - 2025-05-17

🧰 Added

  • Add a condition to verify the version of dependent modules
  • Add DiagramColumnSize option
  • Refine dependency version checks

🔃 Changed

  • Bump module version to 0.8.21
  • Bump Veeam.Diagrammer module to version 0.6.29
  • Improve handling of diagram image resolution calculations

🐛 Fixed

  • Resolve an error occurring in the infrastructure diagram when exporting to Word format
  • Resolve #217
  • Resolve an issue where the Infrastructure Summary was unintentionally disabled

[0.8.20] - 2025-05-10

🔃 Changed

  • Bump module version to 0.8.20
  • Bump Veeam.Diagrammer module version to 0.6.27
  • Bump Diagrammer.Core module version to 0.2.26
  • Modify copyright year
  • Enhance execution time logging in Veeam report functions

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix #215

[0.8.19] - 2025-04-30

🔃 Changed

  • Bump module version to 0.8.19
  • Bump Veeam.Diagrammer module version to 0.6.26
  • Enhance diagram generation messages
  • Improve diagram image quality settings

[0.8.18] - 2025-04-27

🧰 Added

  • Add code to allow the exporting of the Veeam diagram
    • Infrastructure
    • FileProxy
    • HyperVProxy
    • Repository
    • Sobr
    • Tape
    • ProtectedGroup
    • vSphereProxy
    • WanAccelerator
  • Enhance Veeam report configuration and diagram functionality by adding EntraID and Nutanix options
  • Refining diagram theme handling in the diagrammer function.

[0.8.17] - 2025-04-18

🧰 Added

  • Add Backup Infrastructure diagram to the main report

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.24
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.24
  • Increase AsBuiltReport.Core to v1.4.3
  • Introduce Get-AbrVbrDiagrammer function for improved diagram handling
  • Refactor Invoke-AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR to utilize new Get-AbrVbrDiagrammer function
  • Enable diagram generation options in configuration file.

[0.8.16] - 2025-04-09

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.21
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.22
  • Increase AsBuiltReport.Core to v1.4.3

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix issue where the Syslog Event Filter section displayed content even when no configuration was available
  • Fix issue causing WinRM connection failures in the Backup Server section

[0.8.15] - 2025-03-05

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.19
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.20
  • Increase AsBuiltReport.Core to v1.4.2.1
  • Flag report as incompatible with Veeam Backup & Replication v13
  • Update diagram and report sample files

[0.8.14] - 2025-01-30

🧰 Added

  • Add support for vMWare Cloud Director backup job
  • Add option to set the RoundUnits of the storage usages

🔃 Changed

  • Storage units in the report are set to 1 round by default
  • Increase AsBuiltReport.Core to v1.4.2

🐛 Fixed

[0.8.13] - 2024-12-11

🧰 Added

  • Add EntraID Tenant configuration
    • Add Objects Backup Job information
    • Add EntraID Tenant information to the Infrastructure diagram
  • Update Malware detection setting
    • Add Signature Detection
  • Update Security & Compliance Best Practice content
  • Add Syslog Event Filter information
  • Add Google Cloud Storage repository information
  • Add VMware Infrastructure information to the Infrastructure diagram

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.18
  • Change the infrastructure diagram default save location to $OutputFolderPath
  • Increase AsBuiltReport.Core to v1.4.1

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix error "A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '-'" at Get-AbrVbrConfigurationBackupSetting cmdlet
  • Fix ConvertTo-HashToYN cmdlet not generating an ordereddictionary output

[0.8.12] - 2024-11-22

🔃 Changed

  • Improve detection of empty fields in tables
  • Improve detection of true/false elements in tables
  • Improve support for Veeam B&R v11
  • Update GitHub release workflow to add post to Bluesky social platform
  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.13
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.16

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix #187
  • Fix Cloud Connect tenant expiration date healthcheck
  • Fix VbrVersion variable not getting populated

[0.8.11] - 2024-10-30

🧰 Added

  • Add diagram theming option (Black/White/Neon)
  • Add code to properly display space information

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.11
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.12
  • Improve connection validation throuth WinRM
  • Deny connection to backup server by Ip Address

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix SOBR capacity extent members table
  • Fix Unstructured Data section displaying section when no data is available
  • Fix #179
  • Fix #181
  • Fix #182

[0.8.10] - 2024-09-12

🔃 Changed

  • Migrate infrastructure diagram to Veeam.Diagrammer

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.7
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.6

Remove

  • Remove unused icons folder and images

[0.8.9] - 2024-08-31

🧰 Added

  • Add ExportDiagramsFormat option that allows specifying the format of the exported diagrams
    • Supported formats are dot, pdf, png, svg
  • Compatibility tests with v12.2 were performed

🔃 Changed

  • Increase Diagrammer.Core minimum requirement to v0.2.3
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer minimum requirement to v0.6.2

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix bug while exporting diagram in svg format
  • Improve error handling when infrastructure components are missing
  • Fix #169

[0.8.8] - 2024-07-26

🧰 Added

  • Add Tape Infrastructure to the diagram
    • Tape Server
    • Tape Library
    • Tape Vault
  • Add Service Provider to the diagram
  • Improve Infrastructure diagram error handling

[0.8.7] - 2024-05-28

🧰 Added

  • Update the ReadMe file to reflect conflicts with PSWriteWord module
  • Update the Eomm/why-don-t-you-tweet action to v2.0.0
  • General code cleanup/improvements

🔃 Changed

  • Disable the Backup Restore section (Some users reported issues with this section)
  • Increase Veeam.Diagrammer module minimum requirement to v0.6.0

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix sorting of table [A-Z].

[0.8.6] - 2024-04-29

🧰 Added

  • Add Backup Infrastructure Diagram (WIP)
  • Close #155
  • Add vCD Resources to Service Provider section
  • Add Backup Repository Space Utilization chart

🔃 Changed

  • Increase AsBuiltReport.Core modules to v1.4.0
  • Migrate NOTOCHeading3 to NOTOCHeading4 to fix section heading
  • Change charts palette to follow new AsBuiltReport.Core theme

🐛 Fixed

❌ Remove

  • Remove EnableCharts option.
  • Remove Infrastructure Charts

[0.8.5] - 2024-03-15

🧰 Added

  • Added Option => History section
  • Improved Role & Users section
    • Added Global MFA settings
    • Added Auto logoff on inactivity setting
    • Added Four-eye Authorization setting
    • Added HealthCheck conditions
  • Added Backup Time Duration table to the Jobs Summary. Close #144
  • Added Restore point reporting. Close #143
  • Added Automatically disable Windows Firewall option to the SureBackup verification section

🔃 Changed

  • Removed Graphviz install check code. (No need to manually install Graphviz)
  • Code Cleanup
  • Increased Veeam.Diagrammer module requirement to v0.5.9

🐛 Fixed

  • Improved error handling on the Diagram section.
  • Fixed issue with the Veeam.Diagrammer module.
  • Resolved issue that prevented SureBackup Virtual Lab information to be collected. Fix #142
  • Resolved issue in the Malware Global Exclusions section. Fix #145
  • Resolved an issue related to Protection Group licensing. Fix #146

[0.8.4] - 2024-01-16

🧰 Added

  • Added Veeam Best Practice Analyzer support
  • Added support for Key Management Server configuration
  • Added Protection Group diagram support
  • Added support for more Backup Repository types:
    • Wasabi
    • BackBlaze

🔃 Changed

  • Improved the total processing timeof the report

🐛 Fixed

[0.8.3] - 2023-12-29

🧰 Added

  • Initial diagramming support
  • v12.1 support:
    • File Backup Advanced Setting (ACL Handling) collection
    • Object Storage Backup Jobs
    • Object Storage data source (Unstructured Data) collection
    • Global Exclusions information
    • Malware Detection information
    • SureBackup Job content analisys (Malware Detection)
    • Event Forwarding (Syslog)
    • Linux host authentication setting

🐛 Fixed

[0.8.2] - 2023-10-12

🐛 Fixed

  • Fixed misspelled module name in file /Src/Public/Invoke-AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR.ps1. Fix #110

[0.8.1] - 2023-10-03

❌ Remove

  • Removed Infrastructure Hardening section

[0.8.0] - 2023-07-13

🧰 Added

  • Added a separated Backup Copy Job section for v12 edition

🔃 Changed

  • Improved Health Check recommendations

🐛 Fixed

[0.7.3] - 2023-06-13

🧰 Added

  • Added Network Traffic Rules - Throttling Windows Time Period information
  • Added Backup Server Domain Joined health check

[0.7.2] - 2023-06-04

🧰 Added

  • Added HealthCheck recommendations
  • Added Global Notification options
  • Added SOBR Capacity Tier - Offload Window Time Period information
  • Updated Report Sample Files

🔃 Changed

  • Visually improved the Backup Window Time Period table

🐛 Fixed

[0.7.1] - 2023-03-07

🔃 Changed

  • Improved bug and feature request templates.
  • Improved support for version 12
  • Changed Required Modules to AsBuiltReport.Core v1.3.0
  • Improved Error Logging

🐛 Fixed

[0.7.0] - 2022-12-03

🧰 Added

  • Added support for Cloud Connect.

🔃 Changed

  • Added 'EnableCharts' option to enable/disable the creation of Charts in report (Disabled by default).
  • Added 'EnableHardwareInventory' option to enable/disable the collection of HW inventory (Disabled by default).
  • The Infrastructure Security Hardening section has been modified so it is disabled by default.
  • The Executive Summary section has been removed. The summary table has been moved to each corresponding section.
  • The service providers section has been improved.

🐛 Fixed

[0.6.0] - 2022-10-28

🧰 Added

  • Added Infrastructure Hardening section
  • Added per Tape Media Pool configuration information (InfoLevel 2) #71
    • Tape Library Sub-Section
    • Tape Mediums Sub-Section
    • Media Set & Gfs Media Set Sub-Section
    • Retention Sub-Section
    • Options Sub-Section

🐛 Fixed

[0.5.5] - 2022-10-02

🧰 Added

  • Addeds support for schedule backup windows on Backup Jobs

🔃 Changed

  • Improved table sorting
  • Added BlankLine between charts and table content

🐛 Fixed

[0.5.4] - 2022-09-17

🧰 Added

  • Added support for File Share Backup Job information
  • Added support for Backup Jobs GFS Policy information
  • Added Simple Chart support

🐛 Fixed

[0.5.3] - 2022-08-21

🔃 Changed

  • Improvement to the report's table of contents

🐛 Fixed

[0.5.2] - 2022-07-05

🧰 Added

  • Added Replication Resource to the Cloud Service Provider section
  • Improvements to the Object Storage Repository section
    • Added InfoLevel 2 support (Per Object Storage Repo Configuration)
  • Improvements to Scale-Out Backup Repository section
    • Added SOBR General settings sub-section
    • Added FriendlyPath to the Performance Tier sub-section
    • Added Archive Tier sub-section

🐛 Fixed

  • Fixed Cloud Service Provider section only displaying last object element.

[0.5.1] - 2022-06-15

🧰 Added

  • Added Cloud Service Provider Summary
    • Added per Service Provider Configuration subsection
  • Added Initial v12 support :)

🐛 Fixed

  • Code refactoring
  • Reviewed Paragraph Section

[0.5.0] - 2022-05-12

🧰 Added

  • Added Replication Section @rebelinux
    • Replica Information
      • Added Optional InfoLevel 2 information (Adv Summary)
    • Failover Plan Information
      • Added Virtual Machine Boot Order reporting
  • Added Replication Job Configuration information @rebelinux
    • Added Optional InfoLevel 2 information (Adv Summary)
      • Advanced Settings (Traffic)
      • Advanced Settings (Notification)
      • Advanced Settings (vSphere)
      • Advanced Settings (Integration)
      • Advanced Settings (Script)

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix for not connected Enterprise Manager.

[0.4.1] - 2022-05-02

🧰 Added

  • Added Backup Repository information about Immutability. @vNote42
    • Immutability Enabled: yes/no
    • Immutability Interval
  • New Health Check about Immutability. @vNote42
    • If Repo supports Immutability and Immutability is disabled: Warning
  • Added per section summary information. @rebelinux
  • Removed SQLServer module dependency. @rebelinux
  • Added VMware/Hyper-V job VM count. @rebelinux
  • Added detailed repository information of ScaleOut Backup Repository extents @vNote42
    • Information of parent SOBR is also included
  • Added the Option PSDefaultAuthentication used to set the PSRemoting authentication method over WinRM @rebelinux
    • Kerberos for Domain joined devices (Kerberos authentication)
    • Negotiate for Workgroup devices (NTLM authentication)
  • Added Agent Backup Job Configuration information @rebelinux
    • Job Mode information
      • Worstation
      • Server
      • No Failover Support in this release (Don't have the resources to develop this feature)
    • Protected Computer Objects information
    • Backup Mode information
      • Entire Computer
      • Volume Level Backup
      • File Level Backup
    • Destination information (Jobs Managed by Agent)
      • Local Storage
      • Shared Folder
      • Veeam Backup Repository
      • Sadly no Veeam Cloud Connect Repository Support (Don't have the resources to develop this feature)
    • Storage information (Jobs Managed by Server)
      • Secondary Target Job information
    • Backup Cache information
    • Job Scheduling information

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix authentication error in Workgroup enviroments #31

[0.4.0] - 2022-02-27

🧰 Added

  • Added Backup Job Configuration information
    • VMware type Backup Jobs
      • VMware Backup Copy Jobs
    • Hyper-V Backup Jobs
      • Hyper-V Backup Copy Jobs
    • Tape Backup Job Configuration
      • Backup to Tape Jobs
      • File to Tape Jobs
    • SureBackup Job Configuration
      • VMware SureBackup Jobs
  • Added Configuration Backup Section

🔃 Changed

  • Updated GitHub Action release workflow to send automated tweets on each release

[0.3.1] - 2022-02-8

🧰 Added

  • Added option to set veeam custom tcp port (BackupServerPort)
  • Added Volume Format to the BackupServer/Proxy section
  • Added BackupServer/Proxy Network Interface Information
  • Added process network Statistics ($InfoLevel.Infrastructure.BackupServer -ge 3)
  • Added Storage Infrastructure section
    • Added NetApp Ontap support
    • Added Dell Isilon support
  • Added initial Backup Job section
    • Added Tape Backup Job information
    • Added SureBackup Job information
    • Added Agent Backup Job information

🔃 Changed

  • Migrated Sample URL to htmlpreview.github.io

🐛 Fixed

  • Fixes Include Veeam Network Statistics in report #13
  • Fixes Backup Server physical memory (GB) < 8 always returns true #14
  • Fixes Add Veeam Backup\Repo Network Interface Information #15
  • Fixes Add Backup Server\Repo Volume Format #16
  • Fixes Add option to set veeam custom tcp port #17

[0.3.0] - 2022-01-30

🧰 Added

  • Added File Share section.
  • Added Veeam version information.
  • Implemented table sorting on primary key.
  • Added aditional backup server health checks
  • Added Enterprise Manager Information
  • Added Service Provider credential information

🔃 Changed

  • Improved table caption content.
  • Changed ReadMe to include Supported Licenses Edtion.
  • Added SQLServer module to manifest file

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix missing Infolevel sections.

[0.2.0] - 2022-01-14

🧰 Added

  • Added if Condition to better validate License Edition.
  • Added more try/case statements.
  • Added Aditional Tape Infrastructure Sections.
    • Added Tape MediaPools Information.
    • Added NDMP Server Information.
  • Added Initial Inventory Section Information.
    • Added Virtual Infrastructure Section.
      • Added VMware vSpere Section.
      • Added Microsoft Hyper-V Section.
    • Added Physical Infrastructure Section.
      • Added Protection Group Summary Section.
        • Added Protection Group Detailed Configuration.

🔃 Changed

  • Removed unneeded paragraph section.
  • Changed ReadMe to include Supported Licenses Edtion.

🐛 Fixed

  • Fix many try/case statements

[0.1.0] - 2022-01-05

🧰 Added

  • Added Backup Server Information.
    • Added Backup Server Hardware Inventory.
    • Added Backup Server Health Check.
      • Added Veaam services status check.
  • Added License Information support.
    • Added Per Instance License Usage.
    • Added Per CPU Socket License Usage.
    • Added Capacity License Usage.
  • Added General Option (Settings) Information.
    • Added support for Email Notification Settings
    • Added Storage Latency Control Options.
      • Added support for Per Datastore Latency Control Options.
    • Added support for Backup Server TLS Certificate Information.
    • Added Network Traffic Rules verification.
      • Added information of Preferred Networks settings.
  • Added Security related Information.
    • Role and Users Information.
    • Credentils Information.
  • Added Backup Proxy Infomation.
    • Added Health Check Support.
    • Added VMware Proxy Information.
    • Added Hyper-V Proxy Information.
  • Added Wan Accelerator Information.
  • Added Backup Repository Information.
    • Added Configuration Information.
    • Added ScaleOut Repository Information.
      • Added Performance Extent Information.
      • Added Capacity Extent Information.
    • Added Object Storage Support.
  • Added SureBackup Information.
    • Added Application Group Information
      • Added per VM settings,
  • Added Virtual Labs Information.
    • Added Configuration Information.
      • Added Per Virtual Lab Setting.
        • Added vNic Settings.
        • Added IP Address Mapping.
  • Added Location Information
  • Added Virtualization Servers and Hosts Information
  • Added Tape Infrastructure Information.
    • Added Tape Server Information.
    • Added Tape Library Information.
      • Added Per Library Tape Drive Information.
    • Added Tape Vault Information.
  • Added Veeam Logo to Cover Page.