Enable-VBRJob

Short Description

Enables a disabled job.

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Enable-VBRJob -Job <CBackupJob[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet enables a disabled job. When you disable a job, you put it on hold until you enable it with this cmdlet. You can run this cmdlet with backup, replication and tape jobs.

Run the Enable-VBRBackupCopyJob cmdlet to enable a backup copy job.

Run the Disable-VBRJob cmdlet to disable a job.

Run the Start-VBRJob cmdlet to start a job once.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Job	Specifies the array of jobs you want to enable. Accepts the `CBackupJob[]` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRJob` or `Get-VBRTapeJob` cmdlet.	`CBackupJob[]`	True	Named	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

<CommonParameters>

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

Examples

Enable-VBRJob Example 1. Enabling Specific Jobs [Using Pipeline]

This example shows how to enable the Backup Job 01 and Backup Job 02 jobs.

Get-VBRJob -Name "Backup Job 01", "Backup Job 02" | Enable-VBRJob

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRJob cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value.
Pipe the cmdlet output to the Enable-VBRJob cmdlet.

Enable-VBRJob Example 2. Enabling Specific Job [Using Variable]

This example shows how to enable the job represented by the $job variable.

$job = Get-VBRJob -Name "Backup Job"

Enable-VBRJob -Job $job

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRJob cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the Enable-VBRJob cmdlet. Set the $job variable as the Job parameter value.

Get-VBRJob