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Set-VBRJobVssOptions

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    Short Description

    Applies custom VSS settings to a selected job.

    Applies to

    Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

    Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

    Syntax

    Set-VBRJobVssOptions [-Job] <CBackupJob[]> [-Options] <CGuestProcessingOptions>  [<CommonParameters>]

    -OR-

    Set-VBRJobVssOptions [-Job] <CBackupJob[]> -Credentials <CCredentials>  [<CommonParameters>]

    Related Commands

    Get-VBRJob

    New-VBRJobVssOptions

    Get-VBRCredentials

    Detailed Description

    This cmdlet applies a set of customized VSS settings to a selected job.

    VSS (Volume Shadow Services) is a Windows OS service allowing to copy files of running applications that can be modified at the moment of copying. The VSS-aware applications typically are Active Directory, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Exchange, Sharepoint, etc. To create a transactionally consistent backup of a VM running VSS-aware applications without shutting them down, Veeam Backup & Replication uses application-aware image processing. It allows backup the data fully and consistently.

    This cmdlet provides two parameter sets:

    • Applying changes to the job VSS settings.

    To apply the set of customized settings you need to first create a CVssOptions object which unifies all the VSS options you want to apply to the job. The CVssOptions object is created with the help of the New-VBRJobVssOptions cmdlet.

    • Set credentials for the guest OS.

    To set the credentials, specify the credentials you want to use for the VMs in the job. The credentials will be used for all VMs in the job.

    Run Set-VBRJobObjectVssOptions to apply VSS settings to specific VMs in job.

    Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Required

    Position

    Accept
    Pipeline
    Input

    Accept
    Wildcard
    Characters

    Job

    Specifies the job you want to edit.

    True

    1

    True (ByValue,
    ByProperty
    Name)

    False

    Options

    Specifies the set of parameters you want to apply to the job.

    Accepts the CVssOptions object.

    True

    2

    False

    False

    Credential

    Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with the guest VM.

    Accepts the CCredentials object.

    True

    Named

    False

    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 applies custom VSS options to the backup job named "Backup Job 01". The job object is obtained with Get-VBRJob and piped down. The object containing the set of customized VSS options is obtained with New-VBRJobVssOptions and assigned to the $options variable beforehand.

    PS C:\PS> Get-VBRJob -Name "Backup Job 01" | Set-VBRJobVssOptions -Options $options

    Example 2

    This command applies custom VSS options to the job represented by the $job variable. The job object is obtained with Get-VBRJob and assigned to the variable beforehand. The object containing the set of customized VSS options is obtained with New-VBRJobVssOptions and assigned to the $options variable beforehand.

    PS C:\PS> Set-VBRJobVssOptions -Job $job -Options $options