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New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptions

Short Description

Defines long-term retention policy for file versions of backed up files from file shares.

Applies to

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

Syntax

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptions [-ActiveFileVersionRetention <int>] [-DeletedFileVersionRetention <int>] [-ArchivalType <VBRNASBackupArchivalType> {All | InclusionMask | ExclusionMask}] [-InclusionMask <string[]>] [-ExclusionMask <string[]>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet defines long-term retention policy for file versions of backed up files from file shares.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Accept Wildcard Characters

ActiveFileVersionRetention

Specifies the number of active file versions. Veeam Backup & Replication will keep the specified number of active file versions on the long-term repository. Once the number of file versions exceeds, Veeam Backup & Replication will remove the oldest file version from the repository.

Note: If you do not specify this parameter, the number of active file versions is set to unlimited. Veeam Backup & Replication will delete active file versions from the backup repository after the retention period that is specified for the long-term

Default: 10

Int32

False

Named

False

 

DeletedFileVersionRetention

Specifies the number of deleted file versions. Veeam Backup & Replication will keep the specified number of deleted file versions on the long-term repository. Once the number of file versions exceeds, Veeam Backup & Replication will remove the oldest version from the repository.

Note: If you do not specify this parameter, the number of deleted file versions is set to unlimited. Veeam Backup & Replication will remove deleted files versions from the backup repository after the retention period that is specified for the long-term repository is passed.

Default: 3

Int32

False

Named

False

 

ArchivalType

Specifies the filter settings for file versions that must be kept on the long-term repository. You can specify either of the following filter settings:

  • All: use this option if you want to keep all types of file versions on the long-term repository.
  • InclusionMask: use this option if you want to keep only file versions with specific extensions on the long-term repository.
    Use the InclusionMask parameter to specify these extensions.
  • ExclusionMask: use this option if you do not want to keep file versions with specific extensions on the long-term repository.
    Use the ExclusionMask parameter to specify these extensions.

VBRNASBackupArchivalType

False

Named

False

 

InclusionMask

For the ArchivalType parameter with the InclusionMask value.

Specifies a file mask for files and folders that you want to add to the file backup job. The cmdlet will back up only these files and folders.

String[]

False

Named

False

 

ExclusionMask

For the ArchivalType parameter with the ExclusionMask value.

Specifies a file mask for files and folders that you do not want to add to the file backup job.

String[]

False

Named

False

 

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRNASBackupArchivalOptions object that contains settings of files and folders that will be added to the file backup job.

Examples

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptionsExample 1. Defining Retention Policy for Active File Versions of File Share Backed Up Files

This command shows how to define retention policy for active file versions of backed up files from file shares. The long-term repository will keep active file versions for 14 days.

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptions -ActiveFileVersionRetention 14

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptionsExample 2. Defining Retention Policy for Deleted File Versions of File Share Backed Up Files

This command shows how to define retention policy for deleted file versions of backed up files from file shares. The long-term repository will keep deleted file versions for 7 days.

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptions -DeletedFileVersionRetention 7

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptionsExample 3. Defining Retention Policy for Active File Versions of File Share Backed Up Files by Using Filter Settings

New-VBRNASBackupArchivalOptionsExample 4. Defining Retention Policy for Deleted File Versions of File Share Backed Up Files by Using Filter Settings