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Short Description
Evacuates backups from a scale-out backup repository extent.
Applies to
Platform: VMware, Hyper-V
Product Edition: Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License
Syntax
Start-VBRRepositoryExtentBackupEvacuation -Extent <VBRRepositoryExtent[]> [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>] |
Detailed Description
This cmdlet evacuates backups from a scale-out backup repository extent. When you evacuate backups, Veeam moves them to other extents according to the configured policy.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extent | Specifies the array of scale-out repository extents. The cmdlets will evacuate backups from these extents. Accepts extents with different policies and of different scale-out repositories. Accepts VBRRepositoryExtent, ID or string (name of the backup repository that is used as extent) types. | True | Named | True (ByValue, | True (for string) |
RunAsync | Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. | False | Named | False | 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
Example
This command evacuates backups from an extent.
- Run Get-VBRBackupRepository to get the repository. Use the ScaleOut parameter. Save it to the $scaleoutrepository variable.
- Run Set-VBRScaleOutBackupRepository with this variable. List the existing extents and the new repository.
$scaleoutrepository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "Veeam Scale-Out Repository" -ScaleOut Set-VBRScaleOutBackupRepository –Repository $scaleoutrepository –Extent “Backup Repository 1”, “Backup Repository 2”, “Backup Repository 3” |
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