Get-VBRBackupRepository

Short Description

Returns a list of backup repositories.

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Get-VBRBackupRepository [-Name <String[]>] [-ScaleOut] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns a list of backup repositories added to the backup infrastructure.

You can get a list of all backup repositories, get scale-out backup repositories or look for repositories directly by name.

Important

To get information on object storage repositories, run the Get-VBRObjectStorageRepositoryReturns object storage added as backup repositories to Veeam Backup & Replication. cmdlet.

Parameters

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Name

Specifies an array of backup repositories names. The cmdlet will return repositories with these names.

String[]

False

Named

False

ScaleOut

Defines that the cmdlet will return only scale-out backup repositories.

Note: You must provide this parameter to get scale-out backup repositories.

Default: False.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns one of the following objects:

  • VBRScaleOutBackupRepository — if you specify the ScaleOut parameter.
  • CBackupRepository — if you do not specify the ScaleOut parameter.

Examples

Get-VBRBackupRepositoryExample 1. Getting Standalone Backup Repositories

This command gets all standalone backup repositories added to the backup infrastructure.

Get-VBRBackupRepository

Get-VBRBackupRepositoryExample 2. Getting Scale-Out Backup Repositories

This command gets scale-out backup repositories added to the backup infrastructure.

Get-VBRBackupRepository -ScaleOut

Get-VBRBackupRepositoryExample 3. Getting Standalone Backup Repositories by Name

This command gets the Backups Vol12 and Local standalone backup repositories.

Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "Backups Vol2", "Local*"

Get-VBRBackupRepositoryExample 4. Getting Scale-Out Backup Repository by Name

This command gets scale-out backup repository named Veeam Performance Scale-Out Repository.

Get-VBRBackupRepository -ScaleOut -Name "Veeam Performance Scale-Out Repository"

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