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Creating VMware Backup Job

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This example shows how to create a VMware backup job for a CRM database server, then add another CRM database server to this job and set the additional options.

You will need to perform the following steps:

Create the backup job by running Add-VBRViBackupJob. You will need to get the VM that you will add to the job and the backup repository to store its backups. Use Find-VBRViEntity and Get-VBRBackupRepository respectively.
If you want to add another VM to the created job, get the job with Get-VBRJob and run Add-VBRViJobObject.
Configure a schedule with Set-VBRJobSchedule and apply it to the job. Remember to enable the schedule with Enable-VBRJobSchedule.
Add advanced job options: schedule a synthetic and an active full backup with Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions.

// Create a backup job:

PS C:\PS> $crm = Find-VBRViEntity -Name "CRMdb_01"

PS C:\PS> $repository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name 172.16.03.119

PS C:\PS> Add-VBRViBackupJob -Name "CRM Backup" -Entity $crm -BackupRepository $repository

// Add another VM to the job:

PS C:\PS> $crmjob = Get-VBRJob -Name "CRM Backup"

PS C:\PS> Find-VBRViEntity -Name "CRMdb_02" | Add-VBRViJobObject -Job $crmjob

// Configure job schedule and enable it:

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRJob -Name "CRM Backup" | Set-VBRJobSchedule -Daily -At "21:00" -DailyKind Weekdays | Enable-VBRJobSchedule

// Set synthetic full and active full schedule:

PS C:\PS> Get-VBRJob -Name "CRM Backup" | Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions -TransformFullToSyntethic -TransformIncrementsToSyntethic -TransformToSyntethicDays Sunday -EnableFullBackup -FullBackupScheduleKind Monthly -DayNumberInMonth Last -FullBackupDays Sunday