Get-VBRRetentionPolicy

Short Description

Returns a retention policy for backup copy jobs.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Get-VBRRetentionPolicy -Job <CBackupJob>  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns a retention policy for backup copy jobs of the following types:

  • Backup copy jobs that process backups stored on external repositories.
  • Veeam Agent backup copy jobs.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Job

Specifies a backup copy job. The cmdlet will return a retention policy for the specified job.

Accepts the CBackupJob object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRJob cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRRetentionPolicy object that contains a retention policy for backup copy jobs.

Examples

Getting Retention Policy for Backup Copy Job

This example shows how to get a retention policy for a backup copy job.

$job = Get-VBRJob -Name "EC2 BCJ 01"

Get-VBRRetentionPolicy -Job $job

Perform the following steps:

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

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob

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