Reset-VBRPluginCertificate

Short Description

Resets Veeam Plug-in SSL certificates.

Applies to

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

Syntax

Reset-VBRPluginCertificate -DiscoveredComputer <VBRDiscoveredComputer[]> -Type {OracleRMAN | SAPHANA | SAPOnOracle} [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet resets SSL certificates for selected Veeam Plug-ins.

When you reset Veeam Plug-in certificates, all backup policies run by these Veeam Plug-ins stop. You can use this cmdlet for performing Maintenance tasks on protected computers where the associated agents are installed.

Veeam Backup & Replication will regenerate a new SSL certificate automatically next time you run an application backup policy.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

DiscoveredComputer

Specifies the array of discovered computers. The cmdlet will reset SSL certificates for Veeam Agents installed on these computers.

NOTE: You can reset the SSL certificate only on discovered computers.

Accepts VBRDiscoveredComputer[] type.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Type

Specifies the type of Veeam Plug-in to be installed on the protected computers:

  • OracleRMAN: for Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN.
  • SAPHANA: for Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA
  • SAPOnOracle: for Veeam Plug-in for SAP on Oracle

Accepts VBRApplicationType type.

True

Named

False

False

WhatIf

Specifies whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.

False

Named

False

False

Confirm

Specifies whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.

False

Named

False

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Example 1

This example shows how to reset SSL certificates for Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN installed on computers of a selected protection group.

You will need to perform the following steps:

  1. Run Get-VBRProtectionGroup to get the protection group. Save the result to the $group variable.
  2. Run Get-VBRDiscoveredApplication with the $group variable to get the discovered computers of the protection group. Save the result to the $discovered variable.
  3. Run Reset-VBRPluginCertificate with the $discovered variable. Use the Type parameter to specify the application type.

$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Database Servers"

$discovered = Get-VBRDiscoveredApplication -ProtectionGroup $group

Reset-VBRPluginCertificate -Type OracleRMAN  -DiscoveredComputer $discovered