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Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerAgent

Short Description

Installs Veeam Agents on discovered computers.

Applies to

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerAgent -DiscoveredComputer <VBRDiscoveredComputer[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet installs Veeam Agents on discovered computers.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Discovered Computer	Specifies the array of discovered computers. The cmdlet will install Veeam Agents on these computers. Accepts VBRDiscoveredComputer[] type.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
WhatIf	Specifies whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.	False	Named	False	False
Confirm	Specifies whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.	False	Named	False	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Return Type

VBRSession

Example 1

This example shows how to install Veeam Agents on discovered computers of a selected protection group.

You will need to perform the following steps:

Run Get-VBRProtectionGroup to get the protection group. Save the result to the $group variable.
Run Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer with the $group variable to get the discovered computers of the protection group. Save the result to the $computers variable.
Run Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerAgent with the $computers variable.

$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "East Support"

$computers = Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer -ProtectionGroup $group

Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerAgent -DiscoveredComputer $computers

Example 2

This example shows how to create a protection group, manually discover computers of this group and install Veeam Agents on discovered computers of this group.

You will need to perform the following steps:

Create a scope of computers for a protection group:

Run New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials to specify credentials you want to use for authenticating with computers. Save the result to the $computers variable.
Run New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer with the $computers variable to create a scope of computers. Save the result to the $compscope variable.

Create a protection group. To do this, run Add-VBRProtectionGroup with the $compscope variable. Save the result to the $group variable.
Discover computers of the created protection group. To do this, run Rescan-VBREntity with the $group variable.
Get the discovered computers of the protection group. To do this, run Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer with the $group variable. Save the result to the $discovered variable.
Install Veeam Agents on the discovered computers of the created protection group. To do this, run Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerAgent with the $discovered variable.

$computers = @("172.19.51.53", "sup-v8931") | ForEach { New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials -HostName $_ -Credentials "support\jsmith" }

$compscope = New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer -CustomCredentials $computers

$group Add-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Support_East" -Container $compscope

Rescan-VBREntity -Entity $group -Wait

$discovered = Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer -ProtectionGroup $group

Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerAgent -DiscoveredComputer $discovered

Related Commands

Get-VBRProtectionGroup

Rescan-VBREntity

New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials

New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer

Add-VBRProtectionGroup

Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer