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Add-VBRAmazonS3Repository

Short Description

Adds Amazon S3 object storage repository to backup infrastructure.

Product Edition:  Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Add-VBRAmazonS3Repository -AmazonS3Folder <VBRAmazonS3Folder> -Connection <VBRAmazonS3Connection> [-Name <String>][-Description <String>] [-EnableSizeLimit [<SwitchParameter>]] [-SizeLimit <Int32>] [-EnableIAStorageClass [<SwitchParameter>]] [-EnableOZIAStorageClass [<SwitchParameter>]] [-EnableBackupImmutability [<SwitchParameter>]] [-ImmutabilityPeriod <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds Amazon S3 object storage repository to Veeam Backup & Replication. You can specify the Amazon S3 folder and set the infrequent storage class type.

For more information about the Amazon storage classes, see Amazon S3 Storage Classes of AWS Documentation.

Add-VBRAmazonS3Repository Important!

Run Add-VBRAmazonS3ExternalRepository to add Amazon S3 object storage as an external backup repository.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

AmazonS3Folder

Specifies an Amazon S3 folder.

Accepts the VBRAmazonS3Folder type.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

 

Connection

Specifies an active session with Amazon S3 object storage that you want to add as the backup repository.

Accepts the VBRAmazonS3Connection object. To get this object, run the Connect-VBRAmazonS3Service cmdlet and set the CapacityTier property as the ServiceType parameter value.

True

Named

False

 

Name

Specifies a name of an Amazon S3 object storage. The cmdlet will add object storage with this name.

False

Named

False

 

Description

Specifies a description of an Amazon S3 object storage. The cmdlet will add object storage with this description.

False

Named

False

 

EnableSizeLimit

Indicates that the cmdlet will enable size limits for data blocks that you want to store in an Amazon S3 object storage.

Use the SizeLimit parameter to specify the size limits.

False

Named

False

 

SizeLimit

For the EnableSizeLimit parameter.

Specifies size limits in GB for data blocks that you want to store in an Amazon S3 object storage.

Permitted value: 1024 - 1073741824.

Default: 10240.

False

Named

False

 

EnableIAStorageClass

Defines that the cmdlet will enable the infrequent access storage class for data blocks that are stored in an Amazon S3 object storage.

False

Named

False

 

EnableOZIAStorageClass

Defines that the cmdlet will enable the One Zone-IA storage class for data blocks that are stored in an Amazon S3 object storage.

False

Named

False

 

EnableBackupImmutability

Defines that the cmdlet will enable the immutability option.

False

Named

False

 

ImmutabilityPeriod

For the EnableBackupImmutability parameter.

Defines the immutability period in days.

Default: 30

False

Named

False

 

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Return Type

Example

This example shows how to add Amazon S3 object storage as a backup repository to Veeam Backup & Replication. The repository will have the following settings:

  • The object storage limits are enabled and are set to 1024 GB.
  • The infrequent access storage class is enabled.

You will need to perform the following steps:

  1. Run Get-VBRAmazonAccount to get an Amazon S3 credentials record. Save the result to the $account variable.
  2. Run Connect-VBRAmazonS3Service with the $account variable to connect to Amazon S3 object storage. Save the result to the $connect variable.
  3. Run Get-VBRAmazonS3Bucket with the $connect variable to get an Amazon S3 bucket. Save the result to the $bucket variable.
  4. Run Get-VBRAmazonS3Folder with the $bucket and the $connect variables to get an Amazon S3 folder. Save the result to the $folder variable.
  5. Run Add-VBRAmazonS3Repository with the $connect and the $folder variables. Use the following parameters:
  • EnableIAStorageClass to enable the infrequent access storage class.
  • EnableSizeLimit to enable size limits for an Amazon S3 object storage added as a backup repository.
  • SizeLimit to specify size limits for an Amazon S3 object storage added as a backup repository.

$account = Get-VBRAmazonAccount

$connect = Connect-VBRAmazonS3Service -Account $account[1] -RegionType Global -ServiceType CapacityTier

$bucket = Get-VBRAmazonS3Bucket -Connection $connect -Name "Bucket-01"

$folder = Get-VBRAmazonS3Folder -Name "bucket" -Bucket $bucket -Connection $connect

Add-VBRAmazonS3Repository -Name "AmazonS3Repository" -Connection $connect -AmazonS3Folder $folder  -EnableIAStorageClass -EnableSizeLimit -SizeLimit 1024

Related Commands

Get-VBRAmazonAccount

Connect-VBRAmazonS3Service

Get-VBRAmazonS3Bucket

Get-VBRAmazonS3Folder