Start-VBRSureBackupJob - Veeam Backup PowerShell Reference

Start-VBRSureBackupJob -Job <VBRSureBackupJob> [-DateTime <datetime>] [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Job	Specifies a SureBackup job. The cmdlet will start that job.	Accepts the VBRSureBackupJob object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRSureBackupJob cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)
DateTime	Specifies a restore point that is created by the SureBackup job. The cmdlet will start VMs backed up by the SureBackup job from the specified restore point. Note: If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet will start VMs from the most recent restore point.	DateTime	False	Named	False
RunAsync	Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.	SwitchParamter	False	Named	False

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Job

Specifies a SureBackup job. The cmdlet will start that job.

Accepts the VBRSureBackupJob object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRSureBackupJob cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

DateTime

Specifies a restore point that is created by the SureBackup job. The cmdlet will start VMs backed up by the SureBackup job from the specified restore point.

Note: If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet will start VMs from the most recent restore point.

DateTime

False

Named

False

RunAsync

Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.

SwitchParamter

False

Named

False

This example shows how to start the Job02 SureBackup job from the most recent restore point.

$job = Get-VBRSureBackupJob -Name "Job02"

Start-VBRSureBackupJob -Job $job

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRSureBackupJob cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the Start-VBRSureBackupJob cmdlet. Set the $job variable as the Job parameter value.

This example shows how to start the Job02 SureBackup job from the specified restore point.

$job = Get-VBRSureBackupJob -Name "Job02"

$date = Get-Date -Year 2020 -Month 2 -Day 2 -Hour 0 -Minute 0 -Second 0

Start-VBRSureBackupJob -Job $job -DateTime $date "2/20/2020"

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRSureBackupJob cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the Get-Date cmdlet. Specify the Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute and Second parameter values. Save the result to the $date variable.
Run the Start-VBRSureBackupJob cmdlet. Set the $job variable as the Job parameter value. Set the $date variable as the DateTime parameter value.