New-VBRJobScriptOptions

Short Description

Creates new job script options.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

New-VBRJobScriptOptions [-Day {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday}] [-Frequency <UInt32>] [-Periodicity {Cycles | Days}] [-PostCommand <String>] [-PostScriptEnabled] [-PreCommand <String>] [-PreScriptEnabled]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBRJobScriptOptions object. This object contains pre-job and post-job script settings for backup jobs and replication jobs. You can use this object later to apply these settings to a job.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

PreScriptEnabled

Defines that the cmdlet will run a script before the job.

Use the PreCommand parameter to set the path to the script.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

PreCommand

Specifies the path to the pre-job script.

String

False

Named

False

PostScriptEnabled

Defines that the cmdlet will run a script after the job.

Use the PostCommand parameter to set the path to the script.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

PostCommand

Specifies the path to the post-job script.

String

False

Named

False

Periodicity

Specifies the script run mode:

  • Cycles: use this option to run the script after a set number of job runs
  • Days: use this option to run the script on set days

Use the Day and the Frequency parameters to set the values.

VBRPeriodicityType

False

Named

False

Day

Specifies the value for the Periodicity parameter (the Days mode).

Specifies the days of week when the script will run.

Default: Saturday

DayOfWeek[]

False

Named

False

Frequency

Specifies the value for the Periodicity parameter (the Cycles mode).

The number of job runs after which the script must run.

Default: 1 backup session

UInt32

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

VBRJobScriptOptions

Examples

Configuring Script Settings

This example shows how to configure script settings with the following options:

  • A script runs before job and after job.
  • Scripts run on Mondays.

$scriptoptions = New-VBRJobScriptOptions -PreScriptEnabled -PreCommand "C:\scripts\pre-script.bat" -PostScriptEnabled -PostCommand "C:\scripts\pre-script.bat" -Periodicity Days -Day Monday

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the New-VBRJobScriptOptions cmdlet. Specify the following settings:
  • Provide the PreScriptEnabled parameter.
  • Specify the PreCommand parameter value.
  • Provide the PostScriptEnabled parameter.
  • Specify the PostCommand parameter value.
  • Set the Days option for the Periodicity parameter.
  • Specify the Day parameter value.

Save the result to the $scriptoptions variable.

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