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Set-VBRLinuxSelectedVolume

Short Description

Modifies the scope of volumes for Veeam Agent backup jobs that back up Linux machines.

Applies to

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Set-VBRLinuxSelectedVolume -SelectedVolume <VBRLinuxSelectedVolume> [-Type <VBRLinuxSelectedVolumeType>] [-Path<String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies the VBRLinuxSelectedVolume object that specifies the scope of volumes for Veeam Agent Backup jobs that back up Linux machines.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
SelectedVolume	Specifies the volumes that you want to modify. Accepts the VBRLinuxSelectedVolume type.	True	Named	False
Type	Specifies the type of the volume that you want to back up. You can select the following type of volumes: Device - use this option to include in the backup scope all volumes on a computer disk or individual volumes of a protected computer. MountPoint - use this option to include a mount point in the backup scope. LVM - use this option to include ndividual LVM volumes in the backups scope. BTRFS - use this option to include BTRFS subvolumes in the backup scope.	False	Named	False
Path	Specifies the path to the volume that you want to include in the backup scope.	False	Named	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

Example

This example shows how to modify the backup scope for Linux machines. Veeam Agent Backup jobs will back up the second hard disk instead of the first hard disk.

$volumes = New-VBRLinuxSelectedVolume -Type Device -Path "/dev/sda"

Set-VBRLinuxSelectedVolume -SelectedVolume $volumes -Type Device -Path "/dev/sdb"

Perform the following steps:

Run the New-VBRLinuxSelectedVolume cmdlet. Specify the necessary parameters. Save the result to the $volumes variable.
Run the Set-VBRLinuxSelectedVolume cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $volumes variable as the SelectedVolume parameter.
Specify the Type parameter value.
Specify the Path parameter value.