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Add-VBRViJobObject

Short Description

Adds a VM to a VMware job.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

For Hyper-V, run Add-VBRHvJobObject.

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Add-VBRViJobObject -Job <CBackupJob> -Entities <IViItem[]> [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob

Find-VBRViEntity

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds VM(s) to an existing job.

You can run this cmdlet with any kind of jobs.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Job

Specifies the job you want to add the VM(s) to.

You can assign multiple backup jobs to this object.

True

Named

False

False

Entities

Specifies the vM(s) you want to add to the job.

You can assign multiple VMs to this object.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example 1

This command adds a VM named "VM01" to the job represented by $job variable.  First the job object is got and assigned to $job variable.The VM object is piped down.

PS C:\PS> Find-VBRViEntity -Name VM01 | Add-VBRViJobObject -Job $job

Example 2

This command adds a VM represented by $Vm variable to the job represented to $job variable. The variables are assigned beforehand.

PS C:\PS> Add-VBRViJobObject -Job $job -Entities $Vm