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Add-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleRepository

Short Description

Adds S3 Compatible object storage repository to Veeam Backup & Replication.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Add-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleRepository -AmazonS3Folder <VBRAmazonS3Folder> -Connection <VBRAmazonS3CompatibleConnection> [-Name <String>] [-Description <String>] [-EnableSizeLimit [<SwitchParameter>]][-SizeLimit <Int32>] [-EnableBackupImmutability [<SwitchParameter>]] [-ImmutabilityPeriod <Int32>][<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds S3 Compatible object storage repository to Veeam Backup & Replication.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

AmazonS3Folder

Specifies an S3 Compatible folder. Veeam Backup & Replication will move backup files into this folder.

Accepts the VBRAmazonS3Folder type.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

Connection

Specifies an active session with an S3 Compatible object storage that you want to add as a backup repository.

True

Named

False

Name

Specifies a name of an S3 Compatible object storage. The cmdlet will add object storage with this name.

False

Named

False

Description

Specifies a description of an S3 Compatible object storage. The cmdlet will add object storage with this description.

False

Named

False

EnableSizeLimit

Indicates that the cmdlet will enable size limits for data blocks that you want to store in an S3 Compatible storage.

Use the SizeLimit parameter to specify the size limits.

False

Named

False

SizeLimit

For the EnableSizeLimit parameter

Specifies size limits in GB for data blocks that you want to store in an S3 Compatible object storage added as a backup repository.

Permitted value: 1024 - 1073741824.

Default: 10240.

False

Named

False

EnableBackupImmutability

Defines that the cmdlet will enable the immutability option.

False

Named

False

ImmutabilityPeriod

For the EnableBackupImmutability parameter.

Defines the immutability period in days.

Default: 30

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Return Type

Example

This example shows how to add an S3 Compatible object storage as the backup repository to Veeam Backup & Replication.

  1. Run Get-VBRAmazonAccount to get an Amazon S3 credentials record. Save the result to the $account variable.
  2. Run Connect-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleService with the $account variable to connect to S3 Compatible object storage. Use the ServicePoint parameter to specify the endpoint. Save the result to the $connect variable.
  3. Run Get-VBRAmazonS3Bucket with the $connect variable to get an Amazon S3 bucket. Save the result to the $bucket variable.
  4. Run Get-VBRAmazonS3Folder with the $bucket and the $connect variables to get an Amazon S3 folder. Save the result to the $folder variable.
  5. Run Add-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleRepository with the $connect and the $folder variables.

$account = Get-VBRAmazonAccount

$connect = Connect-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleService -Account $account -CustomRegionId "us-east-1" -ServicePoint "http://123.45.67.89:9000"

$bucket = Get-VBRAmazonS3Bucket -Connection $connect -Name "New Bucket"

$folder = Get-VBRAmazonS3Folder -Name "New Folder" -Bucket $bucket -Connection $connect

Add-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleRepository -AmazonS3Folder $folder -Connection $connect -Name "New Repository"

Related Commands

Get-VBRAmazonAccount

Connect-VBRAmazonS3CompatibleService

Get-VBRAmazonS3Bucket

Get-VBRAmazonS3Folder