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Short Description
Performs QuickBackup.
Applies to
Platform: VMware, Hyper-V
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
Start-VBRQuickBackup -VM <IVmItem[]> [-Wait] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>] |
Related Commands
Find-VBRViEntity / Find-VBRHvEntity
Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts QuickBackup on selected VMs.
Quick backup performs on-demand incremental backup for VMs. The VM must be added to a backup job and have at least one full backup.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
VM | Specifies the VMs for which you want to perform the QuickBackup. You can add VMware or Hyper-V VMs. Accepts CViVmItem or CHvVmItem objects. You can assign multiple VMs to this object. | True | Named | True (by Value | False |
Wait | Indicates that the command waits for the catalog process to complete before accepting more input. | False | 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.