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Add-VSBApplicationGroup (obsolete)

Short Description

Creates a VMware application group for SureBackup job.

Note

This cmdlet is obsolete. The cmdlet still works, but it is recommended to create backup to tape copy jobs using Add-VSBViApplicationGroup or Add-VSBHvApplicationGroup cmdlets.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Syntax

Add-VSBApplicationGroup [-Name] <String> [-Vm] <CVm[]> [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-OR-

Add-VSBApplicationGroup [-Name] <String> [-RestorePoint] <COib[]> [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new VMware application group.

An application group is a component of SureBackup technology providing verification of virtual machines that need other virtual machines or services running, i.e. a domain controller, a DNS server or SQL database. To test such machines for recoverability, you need to create a SureBackup job and provide the copy of the production architecture running in a fenced-off environment that is performed by creating a virtual lab and an application group. The VMs in the application group are started first to ensure the proper testing environment for the primary VM.

Note that you can set the order the VMs in the application group will be powered on when the SureBackup job starts. This may be important if any of the applications must be started prior to other. The VMs are powered in the order they were added to the VM object in this cmdlet.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Name	Specifies the string with the name you want to assign to the application group.	True	1	False	False
Vm	Specifies the VMs you want to include into the application group. You can assign multiple VMs to this object.	True	2	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
RestorePoint	Specifies the restore points of VMs that should be added to the application group. You can assign multiple restore points to this object.	True	2	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Name

Specifies the string with the name you want to assign to the application group.

True

False

Specifies the VMs you want to include into the application group.

You can assign multiple VMs to this object.

True

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

RestorePoint

Specifies the restore points of VMs that should be added to the application group.

You can assign multiple restore points to this object.

True

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Example

This example allows you to create an application group with the following parameters:

Application group name: AppGroup
Variable which contains objects of VMs to be added to the group: $vms

Add-VSBApplicationGroup –Name “AppGroup”–VM $vms

Related Commands

Get-VBRRestorePoint