Set-VBRBackupRepository

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Repository

Specifies the backup repository you want to modify.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Name

Specifies the name you want to assign to the backup repository.

False

Named

False

False

Description

Specifies the description of the backup repository.

False

Named

False

False

Server

Specifies the host where the backup repository is located. The cmdlet will set this host as a backup repository.

Default: This server.

Note: You can not set a new backup repository for the following types of hosts that have been added as backup repositories:

• WinLocal
• LinuxLocal

False

Named

False

False

MountFolder

Specifies the path to the mount folder. Veeam Backup & Replication will use this folder to mount VM disks  and to keep write cache data.

False

Named

False

False

Mount
Server

Specifies the mount server associated with the backup repository. You can assign the mount server role to the backup repository itself or to a server that resides close to the backup repository.

False

Named

False

False

Rotated
Drive

Indicates that the repository you want to add is a rotated drive (removable media).

False

Named

False

False

Enable
VPowerNFS

Indicates that the repository is accessible by the vPower NFS service.

False

Named

False

False

VPower
NFSFolder

This parameter is deprecated and replaced with the MountFolder parameter.

Note: The vPower NFS folder is currently located under the following path: \Program Data\Veeam\Backup\IRCache\.

False

Named

False

False

VPowerNFSPort

Specifies the port number of the vPower NFS Service. Veeam Backup & Replication will set up a direct connection between the backup repository and ESXi to which the vPower NFS datastore is mounted.

Default: 2049.

False

Named

False

False

MountPort

Specifies the port number of the mount server.

Default: 1058.

False

Named

False

False

Require
Access
Creds

Indicates that the administrator credentials are needed to access the shared folder. Use the Credentials parameter to specify the credentials.

False

Named

False

False

Credentials

Specifies credentials you want to use for authenticating with the backup repository host.

False

Named

False

False

Limit
Concurrent
Jobs

Indicates that the number of concurrent jobs using this repository must be limited. Use the MaxConcurrentJobs parameter to set the maximum value.

False

Named

False

False

Max
Concurrent
Jobs

Used for setting maximum value for the LimitConcurrentJobs parameter.

Specifies the maximum allowed number of concurrent tasks for the backup repository.

Permitted values: 1 to 99.

False

Named

False

False

Limit
Datarate

Indicates that the total speed of writing data to the backup repository disk must be restricted. Use the DataRateLimit parameter to set the maximum value.

False

Named

False

False

Data
Rate
Limit

Used for setting combined data ingestion rate for the LimitDatarate parameter.

Specifies the combined data ingestion rate for the repository.

Permitted value: 1 to 1024 (MByte/s).

False

Named

False

False

Align
Data
Blocks

Indicates that the backup blocks size will be aligned by a 4Kb block boundary. Data alignment provides better deduplication on storage systems with fixed block size.

False

Named

False

False

Decompress
DataBlocks

Indicates that the backup data blocks must be decompressed before storing to the repository.

False

Named

False

False

UsePerVM
File

Indicates that the backup repository must create per-VM backup files.

False

Named

False

False

DDBoost
Encryption
Type

Specifies the native Dell EMC Data Domain encryption level:

• High
• Medium
• None

False

Named

False

False

AffinityMode

Specifies what proxy affinity rules are set up for the backup repository:

• Auto — all backup proxies in the backup infrastructure can work with the backup repository
• Manual — backup proxies from the AffinityProxy list can work with the backup repository

To configure proxy affinity settings, you must install Veeam Backup & Replication Enterprise or higher license on the backup server.

Default: Auto.

False

Named

False

False

AffinityProxy

Specifies the list of backup proxies that can work with the backup repository. Entries in the proxy affinity list are separated with a comma.

To configure proxy affinity settings, you must install Veeam Backup & Replication Enterprise or higher license on the backup server.

False

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

EnableXFSFastClone

Defines that the Fast Clone technology will be enabled for the backup repository.

False

Named

False

False