Add-VBRObjectStorageBackupJob

BackupObject

Specifies an array of objects. The cmdlet will add these objects to the object storage backup job.

Accepts the VBRObjectStorageBackupJobObject[] object. To define this object, run the New-VBRObjectStorageBackupJobObject cmdlet.

True

Named

False

ShortTermBackupRepository

Specifies the backup repository. The cmdlet will add this repository as the short-term backup storage.

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

True

Named

False

Name

Specifies a name of the object storage backup job. The cmdlet will create the object storage backup job with this name.

String

False

Named

False

Description

Specifies a description of the object storage backup job. The cmdlet will create the the object storage backup job with this description.

String

False

Named

False

ShortTermRetentionType

Specifies a retention policy for the short-term backup repository. You can set the retention policy to either of the following periods:

• Daily: use this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to apply retention policy daily.
• Monthly: use this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to apply retention policy monthly.

Use the ShortTermRetentionPeriod to specify the number of days or months.

VBRUnstructuredBackupShortTermRetentionType

False

Named

False

ShortTermRetentionPeriod

For the ShortTermRetentionType option.

Specifies the period of time to keep data on the short-term backup repository. When this period is passed, Veeam Backup & Replication will move data to the long-term archive repository.

Int

False

Named

False

LongTermBackupRepository

Specifies the archive repository. The cmdlet will add this repository as the long-term archive storage.

Accepts the IRepository object. To get this object, run the following cmdlets:

• Get-VBRBackupRepository: use this cmdlet to get backup repositories.
• Get-VBRObjectStorageRepository: use this cmdlet to get object storage repositories.

False

Named

False

LongTermRetentionType

Specifies a retention policy for the long-term archive repository. You can set the retention policy to either of the following periods:

• Monthly: use this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to apply retention policy monthly.
• Yearly: use this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to apply retention policy yearly.

Use the LongTermRetentionPeriod to specify the number of months or years.

VBRUnstructuredBackupLongTermRetentionType

False

Named

False

LongTermRetentionPeriod

For the LongTermRetentionType option.

Specifies the period of time to keep data on the long-term archive repository. When this period is passed, Veeam Backup & Replication will delete this data from the archive repository.

Int

False

Named

False

LongTermArchivalOptions

Specifies the retention policy for data versions that are located on the long-term archive repository. The cmdlet will create object storage backup jobs with the specified retention policy.

Accepts the VBRUnstructuredBackupArchivalOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRUnstructuredBackupArchivalOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

EnableLongTermRetention

Defines that the cmdlet will keep objects on long-term archive repository.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

EnableCopyMode

Defines that the cmdlet will keep the copy of the data stored in the backup repository in the long-term archive repository.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

SecondaryTarget

Specifies the backup repository. The cmdlet will add this repository as the secondary repository to the object storage backup job.

Accepts the VBRUnstructuredBackupSecondaryTarget[] object. To create this object, run the New-VBRUnstructuredBackupSecondaryTarget cmdlet.

False

Named

False

VersionRetentionOptions

Specifies the settings of version-based retention for backup and archive repositories. The cmdlet will apply these settings to the object storage backup job.

Accepts the VBRUnstructuredBackupVersionRetentionOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRUnstructuredBackupVersionRetentionOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

StorageOptions

Specifies storage optimization settings. The cmdlet will create the object storage backup with these settings.

Accepts the VBRStorageOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRStorageOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

HealthCheckOptions

Specifies the healthcheck schedule. The cmdlet will create the object storage backup with this healthcheck schedule.

Accepts the VBRFullBackupOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRFullBackupOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

NotificationOptions

Specifies notification options. The cmdlet will create the object storage backup job with these notification options.

Accepts the VBRNotificationOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRFullBackupOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

ScriptOptions

Specifies pre-job and post-job script options. The cmdlet will create the object storage backup job with these script options.

Accepts the VBRJobScriptOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRJobScriptOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

ScheduleOptions

Specifies schedule options. The cmdlet will create the object storage backup job with these schedule options.

Accepts the VBRJobScriptOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRServerScheduleOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

False

Force

Defines that the cmdlet will add a file backup without showing warnings or errors in the PowerShell console.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

HighPriority

Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will prioritize this job higher than other similar jobs and will allocate resources to it in the first place.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

SkipTagTracking

Defines that the cmdlet will enable tag tracking for an object storage backup job. If you provide this parameter, the cmdlet will skip tracking of tags for incremental backups in case the objects content is not changed when the job runs.

Note: The cmdlet skips this parameter if you define tag masks settings with the New-VBRObjectStorageBackupTagMask cmdlet.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False