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Stop-VBRJob

Short Description

Stops a running backup, replication or copy job.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Stop-VBRJob [-Job] <CBackupJob[]> [-RunAsync] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet stops a running backup, replication or copy job. The job is stopped once, the scheduled job will start the next scheduled time.

Stop-VBRJob Note:

The cmdlets stops the job immediately. You cannot stop the job gracefully with Veeam PowerShell.

Run the Start-VBRJob cmdlet to start the job manually.

Run the Disable-VBRJob cmdlet to temporarily disable a job.

Run the Stop-VSBJob cmdlet to stop a SureBackup job.

Run the Stop-VBRComputerBackupJob cmdlet to stop Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Job

Specifies the array of jobs you want to stop.

True

1

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

RunAsync

Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.

False

Named

False

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

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Example 1

This command stops the copy job named "SharePoint File Copy Job". The needed job object is obtained with Get-VBRJob and piped down.

Get-VBRJob -Name "SharePoint File Copy Job" | Stop-VBRJob

Example 2

This command stops the copy job represented by the $SharePointFileCopyJob variable. The needed session object is obtained with Get-VBRJob and assigned to the variable beforehand.

Stop-VBRJob -Job $SharePointFileCopyJob

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob