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Set-VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions

Short Description

Modifies the schedule of the backup policy for Windows workstations.

Applies to

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Set-VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions -Options <VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions> [-EnableDailySchedule][-DailyOptions <VBRDailyOptions>] [-PowerOffAction <VBRPowerOffAction> {SkipBackup | BackupAtPowerOn}][-PostBackupAction <VBRPostBackupAction> {Sleep | Hibernate | Shutdown | KeepRunning}] [-BackupAtLock][-BackupAtLogOff] [-BackupAtTargetConnection] [-EjectStorageAfterBackup] [-BackupTimeout <int>][-BackupTimeoutType <VBRAgentBackupTimeoutType> {Minute | Hour | Day}][<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies schedule settings for the backup policy that Veeam Agent job applies to Windows workstations. To modify settings, enter the necessary parameters with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged.

Set-VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions Note:

Use the Set-VBRServerScheduleOptions cmdlet to modify the schedule settings for the following types of jobs:

For the backup policy that Veeam Agent job applies to Windows servers.

For Veeam Agent jobs that back up Windows servers.
For Veeam Agent jobs that back up failover clusters.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Options	Specifies the daily schedule settings for Windows workstations. The cmdlet will modify the existing daily schedule settings. Accepts the VBRWindowsWorkstationSchedule Options type.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
DailyOptions	For daily schedule. Specifies daily schedule settings. The cmdlet will create the Veeam Agent backup job with these settings. Accepts the VBRDailyOptions type.	False	Named	False
PowerOffAction	Specifies the action that Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows must perform when the protected computer is powered off at a time when the scheduled backup job must start. SkipBackup: select this option if you do not want Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to start the scheduled backup job when the computer is powered on. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will perform backup at the next scheduled time. BackupAtPowerOn: select this option if you want Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to start the scheduled backup job when the protected computer is powered on.	False	Named	False
PostBackupAction	Specifies the action that Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will perform after the backup job completes successfully. Sleep: select this option if you want Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to bring the protected computer to the standby mode. Hibernate: select this option if you want Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to bring the protected computer to the hibernate mode. NOTE: This option is available if the hibernate mode is enabled on the protected computer. Shutdown: select this option if you want Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to shut down the protected computer. KeepRunning: select this option if the protected computer must keep on working.	False	Named	False
EnableDailySchedule	Enables daily schedule. Veeam Agent backup job will start at the time specified in the DailyOptions parameter.	False	Named	False
BackupAtLock	Indicates that the Veeam Agent backup job will start when the user locks the protected computer.	False	Named	False
BackupAtLogOff	Indicates that the Veeam Agent backup job will start when the user working with the protected computer performs a logout operation.	False	Named	False
BackupTimeout	Specifies the number of Veeam Agent backup job sessions. Use this option to restrict the frequency of the backup job sessions. Use the BackupTimeoutType parameter to set the job interval. NOTE: this option does not work for daily schedule.	False	Named	False
BackupTimeoutType	Specifies an interval between the backup job sessions. Minute: use this option to set up a minute interval between the backup job sessions. Hour: use this option to set up an hourly interval between the backup job sessions. Day: use this option to set up a daily interval between the backup job sessions.	False	Named	False
BackupAtTargetConnection	Indicates that the Veeam Agent backup job will start when the backup storage becomes available.	False	Named	False
EjectStorageAfterBackup	For the BackupAtTargetConnection parameter. Indicates that Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will unmount the storage device after the backup job completes successfully.	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 a schedule for a Veeam Agent job that backs up Windows workstations.

Run Get-VBRJob to get the backup job that you want to modify. Save the result to the $job variable.
Cast the $job variable to the VBRComputerBackupJob type. Use the [Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRComputerBackupJob]$ComputerBackupJob value.
Get the ScheduleOptions object. Save the result to the $schedule variable.
Cast the $schedule variable to the WindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions type. Use the [Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions]$WindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions value. Save the result to the $schedule variable.
Run New-VBRDailyOptions to specify the daily schedule. Save the result to the $daily variable.
Run Set-VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions with the $daily and $schedule variables.

$job = Get-VBRJob -name "Windows_W_Job"

[Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRComputerBackupJob]$ComputerBackupJob = $job

$schedule = $computerbackupjob.ScheduleOptions

[Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions]$WindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions =$schedule

$daily = New-VBRDailyOptions -DayOfWeek Wednesday -Period 20:00

Set-VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions -Options $schedule -DailyOptions $daily

Related Commands

New-VBRDailyOptions

New-VBRWindowsWorkstationScheduleOptions