SharePoint Online Backupset Creation Fails

When you try to create a SharePoint Online backupset, the operation fails.

Symptoms

When you try to create a SharePoint Online backupset, the operation fails with the following error message in the cvspcompatabilitycheck log file:

The file was skipped because of the following validation exception: File commvault_base_folder\sharepointonline\UserAccounts\MSOnline.Format.ps1xml cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.

Causes

The client computer has Windows PowerShell execution policies set.

Resolution

Run the following PowerShell script in elevated mode, and then try to create a new backupset again.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine