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Copy-VBRJob

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Short Description

Clones an existing job.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Copy-VBRJob [-Job] <CBackupJob[]> [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob

Detailed Description

This cmdlet clones an existing job. You can use the cloned job, for example, as a template, as it retains all settings of the primary job. The cloned job is created with the name of the primary job with '_clone<clone sequence number>' suffix.

You can run this cmdlet with backup, replication and copy jobs.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Job	Specifies the job you want to clone.	True	1	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
Repository	Specifies a new backup repository that will be used by the cloned job as a target.	False	Named	False	False

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 clones the jobs named "DHCP Replica Job" and "DHCP Backup Job". The jobs are obtained with Get-VBRJob and piped down.

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRJob -Name "DHCP Replica Job", "DHCP Backup Job" | Copy-VBRJob

Example 2

This command clones the job represented by the $job variable. The job is obtained with Get-VBRJob and assigned to the variable beforehand.

PS C:\PS> Copy-VBRJob -Job $job