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Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile

Short Description

Downloads backup files from the capacity extents.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets.

To download full backup files

Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile -BackupFile <VBRBackupFile[]> [-ThisBackup [<SwitchParameter>]] [-RunAsync[<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

To download full backup files and increments that are related to these backup files

Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile -BackupFile <VBRBackupFile[]> [-ThisBackupAndIncrements [<SwitchParameter>]][-RunAsync [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts the rehydration procedure. Veeam Backup & Replication will download the backup files from the capacity extents to the performance extents. You can use the following scenarios for downloading the backup files:

Download full backup files only.
Download full backup files with all incremental backup files.
Download the incremental backup files with all other increments related to it and the full backup file.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
BackupFile	Specifies an array of backup files that you want to download. Accepts the CStorage type.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
ThisBackup	Indicates that the cmdlet will download full backup files only.	False	Named	False
ThisBackupAndIncrements	Indicates that the cmdlet will download full backup files and all backup files that are related to it.	False	Named	False
RunAsync	Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.	False	Named	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 example shows how to download a full backup file from the capacity extents.

Run Get-VBRBackup to get a backup. Save the result to the $backup variable.
Run Get-VBRBackupFile with the $backup variable to get backup files. Save the result to the $files variable.
Run Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile with the $files variable.

$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "Exchange backups"

$files = Get-VBRBackupFile -Backup $backup

Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile -BackupFile $files -ThisBackup

Example 2

This example shows how to download a full backup file with all increments related to it from an object storage.

Run Get-VBRBackup to get a backup. Save the result to the $backup variable.
Run Get-VBRBackupFile with the $backup variable to get the backup files. Save the result to the $files variable.
Run Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile with the $files variable.

$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "Exchange backups"

$files = Get-VBRBackupFile -Backup $backup

Start-VBRDownloadBackupFile -BackupFile $files -ThisBackupAndIncrements

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