Add-VBRProtectionGroup

Short Description

Creates protection groups in Veeam Backup & Replication.

Applies to

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

Syntax

Add-VBRProtectionGroup -Name <string> -Container <VBRProtectionGroupContainer>[-Description <string>] [-ScheduleOptions <VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions>] [-DeploymentOptions <VBRProtectionGroupDeploymentOptions>] [-AdvancedOptions <VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions>] [-NotificationOptions <VBRProtectionGroupNotificationOptions>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates protection groups.

Before creating a protection group, you must create a protection scope for this group. Protection groups can include the following objects:

  • Active Directory objects.
  • Individual computers.
  • Cloud machines.
  • Computers imported from a CSV file.
  • Computers with pre-installed backup agents.
  • MongoDB Replica sets.

For more information about the protection scope, see the following cmdlets:

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Container

Specifies the protection scope. The protection scope can contain the following objects:

  • Active Directory objects.
  • Individual computers.
  • Cloud machines.
  • Computers imported from a CSV file.
  • Computers with pre-installed backup agents.
  • MongoDB Replica sets.

The cmdlet will create the protection group with this protection scope.

Accepts the following objects:

To get this objects, run one of the following cmdlets:

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

Name

Specifies the name you want to assign to the protection group.

String

True

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

Description

Specifies the description of the protection group.

String

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

ScheduleOptions

Specifies the discovery schedule. The cmdlet will use this schedule to perform discovery operations for computers in the protection group.

Accepts the VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions object. To get this object, run the New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

DeploymentOptions

Specifies Veeam Agent deployment settings. The cmdlet will use these settings to install Veeam Agent on the discovered computers in the protection group.

Accepts the VBRProtectionGroupDeploymentOptions object. To get this object, run the New-VBRProtectionGroupDeploymentOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

AdvancedOptions

Specifies settings for Veeam Agent for Windows deployed on computers in the protection group. You can specify the following settings:

  • Network usage settings
  • Throttling settings
  • Security settings

Accepts the VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions object. To get this object, run the New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

NotificationOptions

Specifies notification settings for the protection group.

Accepts the VBRProtectionGroupNotificationOptions object. To get this object, run the New-VBRProtectionGroupNotificationOptions cmdlet.

False

Named

True (ByProperty
Name)

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

VBRProtectionGroup

Examples

Add-VBRProtectionGroupExample 1. Creating Protection Group for Individual Computers

Add-VBRProtectionGroupExample 2. Creating Protection Group for Pre-Installed Veeam Agents

Related Commands

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