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Copy-VBRJob

Short Description

Clones existing jobs.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Copy-VBRJob [-Job] <CBackupJob[]> [-Name <string[]>] [-Description <string[]>] [-Repository <CBackupRepository>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet clones an existing job. You can use the cloned job, for example, as a template, as it retains all settings of the primary job.

You can run this cmdlet with backup, replication and copy jobs.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Job	Specifies the array of jobs you want to clone.	True	1	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
Name	Specifies the name you want to assign to the cloned job. Default: the name of the primary job with the _clone<clone sequence number> suffix.	False	Named	False	False
Description	Specifies the description of the cloned job.	False	Named	False	False
Repository	Specifies the backup repository that will be used by the cloned job as a target.	False	Named	False	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 command clones the jobs named "DHCP Replica Job" and "DHCP Backup Job". The jobs are obtained with Get-VBRJob and piped down.

Get-VBRJob -Name "DHCP Replica Job", "DHCP Backup Job" | Copy-VBRJob

Example 2

This command clones the job represented by the $job variable. The job is obtained with Get-VBRJob and assigned to the variable beforehand.

Copy-VBRJob -Job $job

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob