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Set-VBRIndividualComputerContainer

Short Description

Modifies a scope of individual computers.

Applies to

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

Syntax

Set-VBRIndividualComputerContainer -Container <VBRIndividualComputerContainer> [-CustomCredentials <VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials[]>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies the VBRIndividualComputerContainer object. This object contains the scope of computers you want to add to a protection group. To modify the settings of the scope, specify new values for the necessary parameters. The parameters you omit will remain unchanged.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Container

Specifies the scope of computers you want to add to a protection group.

Accepts VBRIndividualComputerContainer type.

True

Named

True (ByValue
ByProperty
Name)

False

CustomCredentials

Specifies individual computers and credentials for authenticating with them.

Accepts VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials[] type.

False

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 Type

VBRIndividualComputerContainer

Example

This example shows how to add a computer to the existing protection group.

You will need to perform the following steps:

  1. Run Get-VBRProtectionGroup to get the protection group whose settings you want to modify. Save the result to the $group variable.
  2. Get individual computers. Use the Container.CustomCredentials property of the protection group object saved to the $group variable. Save the result to the $comp variable.
  3. Run New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials to specify credentials for authenticating with the computer you want to add. Save the result to the $superviser variable.
  4. Add the computer to the group of computers in the $comp variable. Use the += operator.
  5. Run Set-VBRIndividualComputerContainer with the $group and $comp variables to modify the protection scope. Save the result to the $newcomp variable.
  6. Run Set-VBRProtectionGroup with the $group and $newcomp variables.

$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name Computers

$comp = $group.Container.CustomCredentials

$supervisor = New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials -HostName support.east.local -Credentials support\jsmith

$comp += $supervisor

$newcomp = Set-VBRIndividualComputerContainer -Container $group.Container -CustomCredentials $comp

Set-VBRProtectionGroup -ProtectionGroup $group -Container $newcomp

Related Commands

New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials

Get-VBRProtectionGroup

Set-VBRProtectionGroup