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New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials

Short Description

Specifies credentials for authenticating with individual computers.

Applies to

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials -HostName <string> -Credentials <CCredentials>  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet specifies credentials for authenticating with individual computers that you want to add to a protection group. Veeam Backup & Replication uses these credentials for Veeam Agent deployment and backup\restore activities.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

HostName

Specifies the DNS name or an IP address of the computer for which you want to specify custom credentials.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Credentials

Specifies credentials for authenticating with individual computers in a protection group.

Accepts CCredentials or string (user name) types.

NOTE: for string type, enter a user name in the "Domain\Username" format.

True

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Return Typeget-crede

VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials

Example

This example shows how to specify credentials for authenticating with individual computers.

You will need to perform the following steps:

  1. Run Get-Credential to create a credential object you want to use for authenticating with computers. Type the credentials and save the result to the $creds variable.
  2. Run New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials with the $creds variable and the HostName parameter.

$creds = Get-Credential

New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials -HostName 172.19.51.50 -Credentials $creds

Related Commands

New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer