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New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions

Short Description

Creates additional settings for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.

Applies to

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

Syntax

New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions [-EnableBandwidthThrottling] [-BandwidthThrottlingValue <int>] [-BandwidthThrottlingUnitType <VBRSpeedUnit> {MbitPerSec | MbytePerSec | KbytePerSec}] [-DisableBackupOverMeteredConnection] [-DisableBackupOverVPNConnections] [-UseSpecifiedWiFiNetworks] [-WiFiNetworks <string[]>] [-EnableAgentThrottling] [-ThrottleAgentOn <VBREpThrottlingAgentType> {Workstations | Servers | AllHosts}] [-EnableFLRWithoutAdministrativeAccount]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions object. This object contains additional settings for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows machines. These settings will be applied to Veeam Agent deployed on computers added to a protection group. You can specify the following types of settings:

  • Network usage settings
  • Throttling settings
  • Security settings

New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions Tip:

To apply the settings to an existing protection group, save the VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions object to the variable and run the Set-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

EnableBandwidthThrottling

Enables the bandwidth limit.

Use the BandwidthThrottlingValue and the BandwidthThrottlingUnitType parameters to set the value and the unit type for bandwidth limit.

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

 

BandwidthThrottlingValue

Specifies the bandwidth limit value.

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

 

BandwidthThrottlingUnitType

Specifies the measure units for measure limit. You can select the following type of measure units:

  • MbitPerSec: for megabit per second unit
  • MbytePerSec: for megabyte per second unit
  • KbytePerSec: for kilobyte per second unit

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

 

DisableBackupOverMeteredConnection

Indicates that backup over metered connections will be disabled.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

DisableBackupOverVPNConnections

Indicates that backup over VPN connections will be disabled.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

UseSpecifiedWiFiNetworks

Indicates that Veeam Backup & Replication will restrict the WiFi usage to the specified networks.

Use the WiFiNetworks parameter to specify the networks over which backup will be allowed.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

WiFiNetworks

Specifies the SSID of the Wi-Fi network. Veeam Agent will perform backup over the specified SSID only.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

EnableAgentThrottling

Enables throttling for Veeam Agent activities during backup.

Use the ThrottleAgentOn parameter to specify the type of computers.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

ThrottleAgentOn

Specifies the type of computers. Veeam Backup & Replication will throttle Veeam Agent activities during backup on computers of these types.

You can select one of the following types of the computers:

  • Workstations
  • Servers
  • AllHosts

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

EnableFLRWithoutAdministrativeAccount

Indicates that users without administrative privileges will be able to perform file-level restore on Veeam Agent computers.

NOTE: This parameter works only for backups located on Veeam Backup & Replication.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

 

<CommonParameters>

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

Return Type

Example 1

This example shows how to create additional settings for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows machines. The additional settings will have the following options:

  • Bandwidth limit is enabled and set to 20 megabytes per second
  • Backup over metered connections option is enabled
  • Throttling for Veeam Agent activities is enabled on all machines
  • Users without administrative privileges will be able to perform the file-level restore on Veeam Agent computers

New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions -EnableBandwidthThrottling -BandwidthThrottlingValue 20  -BandwidthThrottlingUnitType MbytePerSec -DisableBackupOverMeteredConnection:$false  -EnableAgentThrottling -ThrottleAgentOn AllHosts -EnableFLRWithoutAdministrativeAccount

Example 2

This example shows how to create additional settings for the protection group and apply these settings to the existing protection group.

  1. Run New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions to create the advanced settings. Save the result to the $options variable.
  2. Run Get-VBRProtectionGroup to get the protection group whose settings you want to modify. Save the result to the $group variable.
  3. Run Set-VBRProtectionGroup with the $group and $options variables.

$options = New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions -EnableBandwidthThrottling -BandwidthThrottlingValue 20 -BandwidthThrottlingUnitType MbytePerSec -DisableBackupOverMeteredConnection:$false  -EnableAgentThrottling -ThrottleAgentOn AllHosts -EnableFLRWithoutAdministrativeAccount

$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Windows machines"

Set-VBRProtectionGroup -ProtectionGroup $group -AdvancedOptions $options

Related Commands

Get-VBRProtectionGroup