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Add-VBRViJobObject

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    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