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Short Description
Adds a VMware backup proxy to Veeam Backup & Replication.
Applies to
Platform: VMware
For Hyper-V, run Add-VBRHvProxy.
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
Add-VBRViProxy -Server <CHost> [-Description <String>] [-MaxTasks <Int32>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>] |
Related Commands
Detailed Description
This cmdlet adds a VMware backup proxy server to the Veeam Backup & Replication managing console.
When you add a proxy, you set a role to a Microsoft Windows server. To add a new proxy, you need to have the server added to your Veeam Backup & Replication managing console.
Run Add-VBRWinServer to add a Microsoft Windows server.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Server | Specifies the server which will act as a VMware backup proxy. | True | Named | True (ByValue, | False |
Description | Specifies the description of the VMware proxy. If not set, Veeam Backup & Replication will enter date and time of creation by default. | False | Named | False | False |
MaxTasks | Sets the integer specifying the number of concurrent tasks that can be assigned to the proxy simultaneously. If not set, the number of tasks will be set to 2 by default. | False | Named | False | 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 new proxy. The server that will act as the proxy is obtained with Get-VBRServer and piped down. The description is "Local Backup Proxy". The max concurrent tasks number is set to 6.
Get-VBRServer -Name "VMware Local Server" | Add-VBRViProxy -Description "Local Backup Proxy" -MaxTasks 6 |
Example 2
This command adds a new proxy. The server that will act as the proxy is obtained with Get-VBRServer and assigned to the $server variable. The description is "Local Backup Proxy". The max concurrent tasks number is not set to enable the default value.
