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Add-VBOExcludedBackupItem

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Short Description

Creates a list of objects excluded from a backup job.

Syntax

Add-VBOExcludedBackupItem -Job <VBOJob> -BackupItem <VBOBackupItem[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a list of objects that will be excluded from a backup job.

Run the Get-VBOExcludedBackupitem cmdlet to get a list of excluded items.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Job

Specifies a backup job. The cmdlet will exclude objects from this backup job.

Accepts the VBOJob object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet.

True

Named

False

BackupItem

Specifies an array of objects that you want to exclude from a backup job.

Accepts the VBOBackupItem[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBoBackupItem cmdlet.

True

Named

False

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

Example

This example shows how to add a list of excluded items to the Monthly Backup backup job.

Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to specify a job from which you want to get items. Set Yearly Backup as the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $yearlyjob variable.
Run the Get-VBoBackupItem cmdlet. Set the $yearlyjob variable as the Job parameter value.
Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to specify a job to which you want to add a list of excluded items. Set Monthly Backup as the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $monthlyjob variable.
Run the Add-VBOExcludedBackupItem cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

$yearlyjob = Get-VBOJob -Name "Yearly Backup"

$item = Get-VBoBackupItem -Job $yearlyjob

$monthlyjob = Get-VBOJob -Name "Monthly Backup"

Add-VBOExcludedBackupItem -Job $monthlyjob -BackupItem $item

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