New-VBRFullBackupOptions

Short Description

Creates an active full backup schedule for backup jobs.

Applies to

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

Syntax

New-VBRFullBackupOptions [-Enable] [-ScheduleType <VBRFullBackupScheduleType> {Weekly | Monthly}] [-SelectedDays <DayOfWeek[]> {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday}] [-DayNumber <VBRDayNumberInMonth> {First | Second | Third | Fourth | Last | OnDay}] [-DayOfWeek <DayOfWeek> {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday}] [-DayOfMonth <string>] [-SelectedMonths <VBRMonth[]> {January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December}] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBRFullBackupOptions object. This object contains schedule for backup jobs. You can use this object to set up the following types of schedules for backup jobs:

HealthCheck schedules
Compact full backup schedules
Active full backup schedules

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Enable	Enables the option for the backup job to create active full backups.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
ScheduleType	Specifies the active full backups schedule type. Monthly: the job will create an active full on selected days of the month. Weekly: the job will create an active full on selected days of the week.	VBRFullBackupScheduleType	False	Named	False
SelectedDays	For weekly backups. Specifies the day of the week when the job creates active full backups. Default: Saturday.	DayOfWeek[]	False	Named	False
DayNumber	For monthly backups. Specifies the day of the month when the job creates active full backups. First: the job will create an active full backup on the first specified day of the week for the selected months. Second: the job will create an active full backup on the second specified day of the week for the selected months. Third: the job will create an active full backup on the third specified day of the week for the selected months. Fourth: the job will create an active full backup on the fourth specified day of the week for the selected months. Last: the job will create an active full backup on the last specified day of the week for the selected months. OnDay: the job will create an active full backup on the selected day of the month. Use the DayOfMonth parameter to set the day.	VBRDayNumberInMonth	False	Named	False
DayOfWeek	For monthly backups. Specifies the day of the week, when the job creates active full backups. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Default: Saturday.	DayOfWeek	False	Named	False
DayOfMonth	For monthly backups with the OnDay option. Specifies the day of the month, when the job creates active full backups. For example, on the 3rd day of November.	String	False	Named	False
SelectedMonths	Specifies the months, when the job creates active full backups. January February March April May June July August September October November December Default: all months are selected.	VBRMonth[]	False	Named	False

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

Output Object

This cmdlet returns the VBRFullBackupOptions object that contains schedule for backup jobs.

Examples

New-VBRFullBackupOptions Example 1. Creating Schedule for Weekly Active Full Backups

This command schedules a backup job to create active full backups weekly. The job will create active full backups on Sunday and Wednesday.

New-VBRFullBackupOptions -Enable -ScheduleType Weekly -SelectedDays Sunday, Wednesday

New-VBRFullBackupOptions Example 2. Creating Schedule for Monthly Active Full Backups

This command schedules a backup job to create active full backups monthly. The job will create active full backups on the 15th of January, April and September.

New-VBRFullBackupOptions -Enable -ScheduleType Monthly -DayNumber OnDay -DayOfMonth 15 -SelectedMonths January, April, September