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New-VBRCloudTenantResource

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Short Description

Creates VBRCloudTenantResource objects that contain backup resources.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Requires a cloud provider license.

Syntax

New-VBRCloudTenantResource -Repository <CBackupRepository> -RepositoryFriendlyName <String> -Quota <Int32> [-EnableWanAccelerator] [-WanAccelerator <CWanAccelerator>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new VBRCloudTenantResource object. This object contains the backup resources settings and is used further to apply these settings to a cloud tenant account.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Repository	Specifies the backup repository in your backup infrastructure you want to expose to the tenant. Accepts CBackupRepository object. You can specify simple or scale-out backup repositories. You cannot specify cloud repositories or individual scale-out repositories extents.	True	Named	False	False
Repository Friendly Name	Specifies a friendly name for the cloud repository you want to present to the tenant. The name you enter will be displayed in the list of backup repositories at the tenant’s side. Accepts string type.	True	Named	False	False
Quota	Specifies the amount of space you want to allocate to the tenant on the selected backup repository. Permitted value: 1 to 2097151 (GB).	True	Named	False	False
Enable Wan Accelerator	Indicates that the backup jobs can use WAN accelerators for transferring data to cloud repositories. Use the WanAccelerator parameter to set the WAN accelerator.	False	Named	False	False
Wan Accelerator	Specifies the WAN accelerator for the EnableWanAccelerator parameter. Accepts CWanAccelerator object.	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.

Related Commands

Get-VBRBackupRepository

Get-VBRWANAccelerator

Return Type

VBRCloudTenantResource

Example 1

This command creates an object containing a 10 GB repository quota. The created object is assigned to the '$standard1' variable.

The backup repository from which the cloud resources will be allocated is obtained with Get-VBRBackupRepository and assigned to the '$repo1' variable.
The cloud repository is named 'Standard Tier Repository'.
The tenant quota is set to 10 GB.

PS C:\PS> $standard1 = New-VBRCloudTenantResource -Repository $repo1 -RepositoryFriendlyName "Standard Tier Repository" -Quota 10

Example 2

This command creates an object containing a 100 GB repository quota. The WAN acceleration is allowed. The created object is assigned to the '$golden2' variable.

The backup repository from which the cloud resources will be allocated is obtained with Get-VBRBackupRepository and assigned to the '$repo2' variable.
The cloud repository is named 'Golden Tier Repository'.
The tenant quota is set to 100 GB.
The EnableWanAcceleration parameter is used to enable using WAN acceleration for data transfer. The WAN accelerator that will be used is obtained with Get-VBRWANAccelerator and assigned to the '$wan' variable beforehand.

PS C:\PS> $golden2 = New-VBRCloudTenantResource -Repository $repo2 -RepositoryFriendlyName "Golden Tier Repository" -Quota 100 -EnableWanAccelerator -WanAccelerator $wan