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JSON error Veeam 9.5 PRTG

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I'm trying to get PRTG to pick up my veeam backup and replication. I found a good script "or so i thought" here is the code. I get the JSON error. XML: Structural Error in XML file, 1 open items. --JSON: The returned json does not match the expected structure (Invalid JSON.). (code: PE231) can anyone help?

<#
        .SYNOPSIS
        PRTG Veeam Advanced Sensor
  
        .DESCRIPTION
        Advanced Sensor will Report Statistics about Backups during last 24 Hours and Actual Repository usage.
        
        .EXAMPLE
        PRTG-VeeamBRStats.ps1 -BRHost veeam01.lan.local
        .EXAMPLE
        PRTG-VeeamBRStats.ps1 -BRHost veeam01.lan.local -reportmode "Monthly" -repoCritical 80 -repoWarn 70 -Debug
	
        .Notes
        NAME:  PRTG-VeeamBRStats.ps1
        LASTEDIT: 08/09/2016
        VERSION: 1.3
        KEYWORDS: Veeam, PRTG
   
        .Link
        http://mycloudrevolution.com/
 
 #Requires PS -Version 3.0
 #Requires -Modules VeeamPSSnapIn    
 #>
[cmdletbinding()]
param(
    [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$false)]
        [string] $BRHost = "veeam01.lan.local",
    [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$false)]
        $reportMode = "24", # Weekly, Monthly as String or Hour as Integer
    [Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$false)]
        $repoCritical = 10,
    [Parameter(Position=3, Mandatory=$false)]
        $repoWarn = 20
  
)

# Big thanks to Shawn, creating a awsome Reporting Script:
# http://blog.smasterson.com/2016/02/16/veeam-v9-my-veeam-report-v9-0-1/

#region: Start Load VEEAM Snapin (if not already loaded)
if (!(Get-PSSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
	if (!(Add-PSSnapin -PassThru VeeamPSSnapIn)) {
		# Error out if loading fails
		Write-Error "`nERROR: Cannot load the VEEAM Snapin."
		Exit
	}
}
#endregion

#region: Functions
Function Get-vPCRepoInfo {
[CmdletBinding()]
        param (
                [Parameter(Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
                [PSObject[]]$Repository
                )
        Begin {
                $outputAry = @()
                Function Build-Object {param($name, $repohost, $path, $free, $total)
                        $repoObj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
                                        Target = $name
										RepoHost = $repohost
                                        Storepath = $path
                                        StorageFree = [Math]::Round([Decimal]$free/1GB,2)
                                        StorageTotal = [Math]::Round([Decimal]$total/1GB,2)
                                        FreePercentage = [Math]::Round(($free/$total)*100)
                                }
                        Return $repoObj | Select Target, RepoHost, Storepath, StorageFree, StorageTotal, FreePercentage
                }
        }
        Process {
                Foreach ($r in $Repository) {
                	# Refresh Repository Size Info
					[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupRepositoryEx]::SyncSpaceInfoToDb($r, $true)
					
					If ($r.HostId -eq "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000") {
						$HostName = ""
					}
					Else {
						$HostName = $($r.GetHost()).Name.ToLower()
					}
					$outputObj = Build-Object $r.Name $Hostname $r.Path $r.info.CachedFreeSpace $r.Info.CachedTotalSpace
					}
                $outputAry += $outputObj
        }
        End {
                $outputAry
        }
}
#endregion

#region: Start BRHost Connection
Write-Output "Starting to Process Connection to $BRHost ..."
$OpenConnection = (Get-VBRServerSession).Server
if($OpenConnection -eq $BRHost) {
	Write-Output "BRHost is Already Connected..."
} elseif ($OpenConnection -eq $null ) {
	Write-Output "Connecting BRHost..."
	Connect-VBRServer -Server $BRHost
} else {
    Write-Output "Disconnection actual BRHost..."
    Disconnect-VBRServer
    Write-Output "Connecting new BRHost..."
    Connect-VBRServer -Server $BRHost
}

$NewConnection = (Get-VBRServerSession).Server
if ($NewConnection -eq $null ) {
	Write-Error "`nError: BRHost Connection Failed"
	Exit
}
#endregion

#region: Convert mode (timeframe) to hours
If ($reportMode -eq "Monthly") {
        $HourstoCheck = 720
} Elseif ($reportMode -eq "Weekly") {
        $HourstoCheck = 168
} Else {
        $HourstoCheck = $reportMode
}
#endregion

#region: Collect and filter Sessions
# $vbrserverobj = Get-VBRLocalhost        # Get VBR Server object
# $viProxyList = Get-VBRViProxy           # Get all Proxies
$repoList = Get-VBRBackupRepository     # Get all Repositories
$allSesh = Get-VBRBackupSession         # Get all Sessions (Backup/BackupCopy/Replica)
# $allResto = Get-VBRRestoreSession       # Get all Restore Sessions
$seshListBk = @($allSesh | ?{($_.CreationTime -ge (Get-Date).AddHours(-$HourstoCheck)) -and $_.JobType -eq "Backup"})           # Gather all Backup sessions within timeframe
$seshListBkc = @($allSesh | ?{($_.CreationTime -ge (Get-Date).AddHours(-$HourstoCheck)) -and $_.JobType -eq "BackupSync"})      # Gather all BackupCopy sessions within timeframe
$seshListRepl = @($allSesh | ?{($_.CreationTime -ge (Get-Date).AddHours(-$HourstoCheck)) -and $_.JobType -eq "Replica"})        # Gather all Replication sessions within timeframe
#endregion

#region: Collect Jobs
# $allJobsBk = @(Get-VBRJob | ? {$_.JobType -eq "Backup"})        # Gather Backup jobs
# $allJobsBkC = @(Get-VBRJob | ? {$_.JobType -eq "BackupSync"})   # Gather BackupCopy jobs
# $repList = @(Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.IsReplica})                      # Get Replica jobs
#endregion

#region: Get Backup session informations
$totalxferBk = 0
$totalReadBk = 0
$seshListBk | %{$totalxferBk += $([Math]::Round([Decimal]$_.Progress.TransferedSize/1GB, 0))}
$seshListBk | %{$totalReadBk += $([Math]::Round([Decimal]$_.Progress.ReadSize/1GB, 0))}
#endregion

#region: Preparing Backup Session Reports
$successSessionsBk = @($seshListBk | ?{$_.Result -eq "Success"})
$warningSessionsBk = @($seshListBk | ?{$_.Result -eq "Warning"})
$failsSessionsBk = @($seshListBk | ?{$_.Result -eq "Failed"})
$runningSessionsBk = @($allSesh | ?{$_.State -eq "Working" -and $_.JobType -eq "Backup"})
$failedSessionsBk = @($seshListBk | ?{($_.Result -eq "Failed") -and ($_.WillBeRetried -ne "True")})
#endregion

#region:  Preparing Backup Copy Session Reports
$successSessionsBkC = @($seshListBkC | ?{$_.Result -eq "Success"})
$warningSessionsBkC = @($seshListBkC | ?{$_.Result -eq "Warning"})
$failsSessionsBkC = @($seshListBkC | ?{$_.Result -eq "Failed"})
$runningSessionsBkC = @($allSesh | ?{$_.State -eq "Working" -and $_.JobType -eq "BackupSync"})
$IdleSessionsBkC = @($allSesh | ?{$_.State -eq "Idle" -and $_.JobType -eq "BackupSync"})
$failedSessionsBkC = @($seshListBkC | ?{($_.Result -eq "Failed") -and ($_.WillBeRetried -ne "True")})
#endregion

#region: Preparing Replicatiom Session Reports
$successSessionsRepl = @($seshListRepl | ?{$_.Result -eq "Success"})
$warningSessionsRepl = @($seshListRepl | ?{$_.Result -eq "Warning"})
$failsSessionsRepl = @($seshListRepl | ?{$_.Result -eq "Failed"})
$runningSessionsRepl = @($allSesh | ?{$_.State -eq "Working" -and $_.JobType -eq "Replica"})
$failedSessionsRepl = @($seshListRepl | ?{($_.Result -eq "Failed") -and ($_.WillBeRetried -ne "True")})

$RepoReport = $repoList | Get-vPCRepoInfo | Select     @{Name="Repository Name"; Expression = {$_.Target}},
                                                       @{Name="Host"; Expression = {$_.RepoHost}},
                                                       @{Name="Path"; Expression = {$_.Storepath}},
                                                       @{Name="Free (GB)"; Expression = {$_.StorageFree}},
                                                       @{Name="Total (GB)"; Expression = {$_.StorageTotal}},
                                                       @{Name="Free (%)"; Expression = {$_.FreePercentage}},
                                                       @{Name="Status"; Expression = {
                                                       If ($_.FreePercentage -lt $repoCritical) {"Critical"} 
                                                       ElseIf ($_.FreePercentage -lt $repoWarn) {"Warning"}
                                                       ElseIf ($_.FreePercentage -eq "Unknown") {"Unknown"}
                                                       Else {"OK"}}} | `
                                                       Sort "Repository Name" 
#endregion

#region: XML Output for PRTG
Write-Host "<prtg>" 
$Count = $successSessionsBk.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Successful-Backups</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>"
$Count = $warningSessionsBk.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Warning-Backups</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxWarning>0</LimitMaxWarning>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $failsSessionsBk.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Failes-Backups</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxError>0</LimitMaxError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $failedSessionsBk.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Failed-Backups</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxError>0</LimitMaxError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $runningSessionsBk.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Running-Backups</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>" 

$Count = $successSessionsBkC.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Successful-BackupCopys</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>"
$Count = $warningSessionsBkC.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Warning-BackupCopys</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxWarning>0</LimitMaxWarning>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $failsSessionsBkC.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Failes-BackupCopys</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxError>0</LimitMaxError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $failedSessionsBkC.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Failed-BackupCopys</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxError>0</LimitMaxError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $runningSessionsBkC.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Running-BackupCopys</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $IdleSessionsBkC.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Idle-BackupCopys</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>" 

$Count = $successSessionsRepl.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Successful-Replications</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>"
$Count = $warningSessionsRepl.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Warning-Replications</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxWarning>0</LimitMaxWarning>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $failsSessionsRepl.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Failes-Replications</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxError>0</LimitMaxError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $failedSessionsRepl.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Failed-Replications</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMaxError>0</LimitMaxError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
$Count = $runningSessionsRepl.Count
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>Running-Replications</channel>"
               "<value>$Count</value>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>" 

Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>TotalBackupRead</channel>"
               "<value>$totalReadBk</value>"
               "<unit>Custom</unit>"
               "<customUnit>GB</customUnit>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>" 
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>TotalBackupTransfer</channel>"
               "<value>$totalxferBk</value>"
               "<unit>Custom</unit>"
               "<customUnit>GB</customUnit>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "</result>" 

foreach ($Repo in $RepoReport){
$Name = "REPO - " + $Repo."Repository Name"
$Free = $Repo."Free (%)"
Write-Host "<result>"
               "<channel>$Name</channel>"
               "<value>$Free</value>"
               "<unit>Percent</unit>"
               "<showChart>1</showChart>"
               "<showTable>1</showTable>"
               "<LimitMinWarning>20</LimitMinWarning>"
               "<LimitMinError>10</LimitMinError>"
               "<LimitMode>1</LimitMode>"
               "</result>" 
	}
Write-Host "</prtg>" 
#endregion

#region: Debug
if ($DebugPreference -eq "Inquire") {
	$RepoReport | ft * -Autosize
    
    $SessionObject = [PSCustomObject] @{
	    "Successful Backups"  = $successSessionsBk.Count
	    "Warning Backups" = $warningSessionsBk.Count
	    "Failes Backups" = $failsSessionsBk.Count
	    "Failed Backups" = $failedSessionsBk.Count
	    "Running Backups" = $runningSessionsBk.Count
	    "Warning BackupCopys" = $warningSessionsBkC.Count
	    "Failes BackupCopys" = $failsSessionsBkC.Count
	    "Failed BackupCopys" = $failedSessionsBkC.Count
	    "Running BackupCopys" = $runningSessionsBkC.Count
	    "Idle BackupCopys" = $IdleSessionsBkC.Count
	    "Successful Replications" = $successSessionsRepl.Count
        "Warning Replications" = $warningSessionsRepl.Count
        "Failes Replications" = $failsSessionsRepl.Count
        "Failed Replications" = $failedSessionsRepl.Count
        "Running Replications" = $RunningSessionsRepl.Count
    }
    $SessionResport += $SessionObject
    $SessionResport
}
#endregion

json veeam veeam-prtg-sensor-reloaded

Created on Dec 20, 2017 3:49:39 PM

Last change on Dec 21, 2017 10:59:30 AM by Erhard Mikulik [Paessler Support]



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Hello there,

Please enable "Write result to disk" in the sensor's "Settings" tab. With the next scan it will write one or several result-files into "C:\ProgramData\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\Logs (Sensors)" of your PRTG server (or on the Remote Probe if applicable). All files have the sensor's numeric ID in their filenames. The sensor ID can be found on the sensor's "Overview" tab. Please send us those result-files. Note: In case you've configured a different data-path in PRTG Administration Tool, you need to look there for subfolder "Logs (Sensors)".

You can send us the logs by email for analysis in case you don't want to paste them here:

Kind regards,

Erhard

Created on Dec 21, 2017 11:01:21 AM by Erhard Mikulik [Paessler Support]




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