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Add-VBRvCloud

Short Description

Adds a vCloud Director server to Veeam Backup & Replication.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

To add a vCloud Director server using the username/password scenario

Add-VBRvCloud [-Name] <string> [-User] <string> [-Password] <string> [-Url <string>] [-Description <string>][<CommonParameters>]

To add a vCloud Director server using the credentials scenario

Add-VBRvCloud [-Name] <string> -Credentials <CCredentials> [-Url <string>] [-Description <string>][<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds a new vCloud Director server to Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Add-VBRvCloud Note:

Run Add-VBRvCloudVC to add a vCenter Server managed by vCloud Director to Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Name	Specifies the full DNS name or IP address of the vCloud Director server or any cell in the vCloud Director infrastructure.	True	0	False	False
User	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the vCloud Director server. If you use the Username/Password scenario, the Credentials parameter must be omitted.	True	1	False	False
Password	Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the vCloud Director server. If you use the Username/Password scenario, the -Credentials parameter must be omitted.	True	2	False	False
Credentials	Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with the vCloud Director server. If you use the Credentials scenario, the -User and -Password parameters must be omitted.	True	Named	False	False
Url	Specifies the URL you want to connect to the vCloud Director Web API with.	False	Named	False	False
Description	Specifies the description of the new vCloud Director server. If not set, the user name who created the server and the date and time of creation will be added by default.	False	Named	False	False

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

Example 1

This command creates a new server named "vCloudDirectorServer" having the https://vclouddirectorserver:443 URL address. The username is "Administrator" and the password is "password".

Add-VBRvCloud -Name "vCloudDirectorServer.domain.com" -User Administrator -Password password -Url https://vclouddirectorserver:443 -Description "vCloud Director Server"

Example 2

This command creates a new server named "vCloudDirectorServer" having the https://vclouddirectorserver:443 URL address. The credentials are obtained with Get-VBRCredentials and assigned to the $Administrator variable beforehand. The -Description parameter is not set to get the default description created.

Add-VBRvCloud -Name "vCloudDirectorServer.domain.com" -Credentials $Administrator -Url https://vclouddirectorserver:443

Related Commands

Get-VBRCredentials