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SureBackup Jobs

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When you create a SureBackup job, you need to indicate a virtual lab where the verification will be performed, and select the VMs that you want to verify.

The virtual lab is an obligatory component of each SureBackup job. As for the VMs that you want to verify and the VMs on which they are dependent, you can choose between the following options:

Reusable application group: if you need to verify different VMs dependent on the same 'surroundings', create an application group that can be reused by several SureBackup jobs, providing a multi-use copy of their surroundings. Create a SureBackup job for each primary VM that you want to test, and use the linked job to add the primary VM or a group of VMs that you want to verify.
Primary VM as part of application group: if you need to verify a VM or one group of VMs that are dependent on some services, include the VM(s) you want to verify right into the application group. Within the application group, you can set the VM boot order.
No application group: if the VMs you want to verify do not require any specific environment, select the VM(s) to verify with the linked job, and indicate the virtual lab to use for verification. You do not need to create an application group in this case.

Note that if you link a job, the SureBackup job will test all VMs processed by it. If you do not want to verify all VMs in such job, add the needed ones to the application group.

When you create jobs with Veeam PowerShell, the jobs are created in stopped status. To run them, you need to create a schedule or start them manually. Use dedicated cmdlets to configure job schedule or edit job settings.

If you have set global email notifications on your Veeam backup server, you will get email notifications on the SureBackup job results. Note that you cannot set the global notifications settings with Veeam PowerShell.

You can also view the SureBackup sessions and tasks performed during each session.

You will need the following cmdlets to create and manage the SureBackup jobs:

SureBackup jobs

SureBackup jobs schedule

SureBackup jobs options

SureBackup jobs sessions

SureBackup Jobs

Operation	VMware	Hyper-V
Creates a SureBackup job	Add-VSBJob	Add-VSBHvJob
Looks for created SureBackup jobs	Get-VSBJob	Get-VSBJob
Starts an existing SureBackup job	Start-VSBJob	Start-VSBJob
Stops a running SureBackup job	Stop-VSBJob	Stop-VSBJob
Removes a SureBackup job	Remove-VSBJob	Remove-VSBJob

SureBackup Jobs Schedule

Operation	VMware	Hyper-V
Looks for schedule settings of a specific SureBackup job	Get-VSBJobScheduleOptions	Get-VSBJobScheduleOptions
Sets schedule to a selected SureBackup job	Set-VSBJobSchedule	Set-VSBJobSchedule
Edits schedule options of a selected SureBackup job	Set-VSBJobScheduleOptions	Set-VSBJobScheduleOptions

SureBackup Jobs Options

Operation	VMware	Hyper-V
Looks for settings of a specific SureBackup job	Get-VSBJobOptions	Get-VSBJobOptions
Creates an object with a set of SureBackup job setting (run Set-VSBJobOptions to apply)	New-VSBJobOptions	New-VSBJobOptions
Edits setting of a selected SureBackup job	Set-VSBJobOptions	Set-VSBJobOptions
Sets default settings to a selected SureBackup job	Reset-VSBJobOptions	Reset-VSBJobOptions

SureBackup Jobs Sessions

Operation	VMware	Hyper-V
Looks for SureBackup job sessions	Get-VSBSession	Get-VSBSession
Looks for tasks performed during a specific SureBackup job session	Get-VSBTaskSession	Get-VSBTaskSession