Add-VBRNASFileServer

Short Description

Adds managed Windows or Linux file serves to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Applies to

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Add-VBRNASFileServer -Server <CHost> -CacheRepository <CBackupRepository> [-BackupIOControlLevel {Lowest | Low |Medium | High | Highest}] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds managed Windows or Linux file servers to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Server	Specifies the host where the file server is located. Veeam Backup & Replication will add the file server that is located on this host.	Accepts the CHost object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet.	True	Named	False
CacheRepository	Specifies the cache repository. Veeam Backup & Replication will keep the .VCACHE files on this repository.	Accepts the CBackupRepository object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRBackupRepository cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
BackupIOControlLevel	Specifies a speed that Veeam Backup & Replication will use to read data from the file server. You can specify either of the following speed: Lowest Low Medium High Highest	VBRNASBackupIOControlLevel	False	Named	False

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Server

Specifies the host where the file server is located. Veeam Backup & Replication will add the file server that is located on this host.

Accepts the CHost object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet.

True

Named

False

CacheRepository

Specifies the cache repository. Veeam Backup & Replication will keep the .VCACHE files on this repository.

Accepts the CBackupRepository object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRBackupRepository cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

BackupIOControlLevel

Specifies a speed that Veeam Backup & Replication will use to read data from the file server. You can specify either of the following speed:

Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Highest

VBRNASBackupIOControlLevel

False

Named

False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRNASFileServer object that contains settings of the managed Windows or Linux file servers to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Examples

Adding File Servers

This example shows how to add managed Windows or Linux file servers to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

$server = Get-VBRServer -Name 'Active_Directory'

$repository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name 'Backup Repository 08'

Add-VBRNASFileServer -Server $server -CacheRepository $repository

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $server variable.
Run the Get-VBRBackupRepository cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $repository variable.
Run the Add-VBRNASFileServer cmdlet. Set the $server variable as the Server parameter value. Set the $repository variable as the CacheRepository parameter value.

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