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Set-VBOEmailSettings

Short Description

Modifies email notification settings.

Syntax

Set-VBOEmailSettings [-EnableNotification] [-SMTPServer <String>] [-Port <Int32>] [-UseAuthentication] [-UseSSL] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-From <String>] [-To <String>] [-Subject <String>] [-NotifyOnSuccess] [-NotifyOnWarning] [-NotifyOnFailure] [-SupressUntilLastRetry] [-AttachDetailedReport] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies email notification settings for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

To modify settings, enter the necessary parameters with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged.

Set-VBOEmailSettings Note

Email notification settings are global, they will be applied to all backup jobs configured in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Accept Wildcard Characters

EnableNotification

Indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send email notifications on the job run results.

False

Named

False

False

SMTPServer

Specifies the full DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server for sending email notifications.

False

Named

False

False

Port

Specifies the port for connecting to SMTP server.

False

Named

False

False

UseAuthentication

Indicates that the SMTP server requires authentication. Otherwise, the connection will be established to the SMTP server, which does not enforce authentication.

False

Named

False

False

UseSSL

Enables a secure connection for email notification transmission. Otherwise, email notifications will be transmitted through the connection that does not require SSL authentication.

False

Named

False

False

Credential

Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with SMTP server.

False

Named

False

False

From

Specifies notification sender email address with the rights to connect to SMTP server.

False

Named

False

False

To

Specifies notification recipient email address. Semicolon is used for listing multiple recipients.

False

Named

False

False

Subject

Specifies the subject for creating the notification email. You can use the following system variables:

  • %JobName% - backup job name
  • %JobResult% - backup job result
  • %OrgName% - Exchange organization, whose mailboxes were processed by the backup job
  • %MailboxCount% - total number of processed mailboxes
  • %Issues% - number of mailboxes processed with Failed or Warning status
  • %Time% - date and time of the backup job completion

False

Named

False

False

NotifyOnSuccess

Indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification, if the job finishes successfully.

False

Named

False

False

NotifyOnWarning

Indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification, if the job finishes with warning.

False

Named

False

False

NotifyOnFailure

Indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification, if the job finishes with error.

False

Named

False

False

SupressUntilLastRetry

Indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification per the job schedule settings. The following email notification scenarios are possible:

  • If the job fails, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification on the last job retry.
  • If the job completes with Success or Warning, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification on the last completion status.
  • If the job is scheduled to Terminate job if it exceeds allowed backup window, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will send the notification on the last attempt within the allowed backup window.

For more information on job schedule settings, see the New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy cmdlet.

False

Named

False

False

AttachDetailedReport

Indicates that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will attach a report to a notification on the job completion results.

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.

Examples

Example 1

This example shows how to set email notifications with the following settings:

  • Email notifications will be sent to several recipients if the job finishes with error.
  • The body of the subject in email notifications will contain system variables.

Set-VBOEmailSettings -EnableNotification -From vbo@tech.com -To "helpdesk@tech.com; support@tech.com" -Subject "[%JobResult%] %Time% %OrgName% - %JobName% (%MailboxCount% mailboxes), %Issues% issues" -NotifyOnFailure