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Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions

Short Description

Modifies advanced job backup settings.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions -Job <CBackupJob[]> [-Algorithm <JobAlgorithms> {ReverseIncremental | Incremental | RecoveryPointObjective | Unknown}] [-TransformFullToSyntethic <bool>] [-TransformIncrementsToSyntethic <bool>] [-TransformToSyntethicDays <DayOfWeek[]> {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday}] [-EnableFullBackup <bool>] [-FullBackupDays <DayOfWeek[]> {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday}] [-FullBackupScheduleKind <EFullBackupScheduleKind> {Daily | Monthly}] [-Months <EMonth[]> {January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December}] [-DayNumberInMonth <EDayNumberInMonth> {First | Second | Third | Fourth | Last | OnDay}] [-DayOfWeek <DayOfWeek> {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday}] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies advanced backup options of a selected job.

You can select backup method: reverse incremental or incremental, and set schedule settings for synthetic full backups.

Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions Note:

Cmdlet parameters have a typo. The following parameters are spelled incorrectly:

TransformFullToSyntethic
TransformIncrementsToSyntethic
TransformToSyntethicDays

In scripts, enter parameters as specified in command syntax.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Job	Specifies the array of jobs. The cmdlet will modify advanced backup options of these jobs.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
Algorithm	Specifies backup method: ReverseIncremental: reverse incremental backup method. Incremental: incremental backup method. RecoveryPointObjective: not supported. Unknown: not supported. NOTE: To enable forever forward incremental backup method, disable TransformFullToSynthetic and EnableFullBackup.	False	Named	False	False
TransformFull ToSyntethic	For incremental backup method. Indicates that the job will create a full synthetic backup. Use TransformToSyntethicDays to set the days to perform the synthetic full backups.	False	Named	False	False
Transform Increments ToSyntethic	For incremental backup method with synthetic full. Indicates that the job will transform the backup chains before the synthetic full backup into rollbacks.	False	Named	False	False
TransformTo SyntethicDays	For synthetic full schedule. Specifies days when the job will perform the synthetic fulls: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.	False	Named	False	False
Enable FullBackup	Indicates that the job will create active full backups. Use the FullBackupDays, FullBackupScheduleKind, Months, DayNumberInMonth and DayOfWeek parameters to set the full backup schedule.	False	Named	False	False
FullBackupDays	For active full schedule: daily. Specifies days when the job will perform the active full backup: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.	False	Named	False	False
FullBackup ScheduleKind	For active full schedule. Specifies the active full backup schedule type: Daily: the job will create an active full on selected days of week. Use FullBackupDays parameter to set the days. Monthly: the job will create an active full on selected days of month. Use Months, DayNumberInMonth and DayOfWeek parameters to set the days.	False	Named	False	False
Months	For active full schedule: monthly. Specifies months to perform the full backup: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.	False	Named	False	False
DayNumber InMonth	For active full schedule: monthly. Specifies the number of day in month (for example, Saturday): First: the job will create an active full on the first (Saturday) of the selected months. Second: the job will create an active full on the second (Saturday) of the selected months. Third: the job will create an active full on the third (Saturday) of the selected months. Fourth: the job will create an active full on the fourth (Saturday) of the selected months. Last: the job will create an active full on the last (Saturday) of the selected months.	False	Named	False	False
DayOfWeek	For active full schedule: monthly. Specifies the day of week to run the backup job: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Use this parameter to set the day for -NumberInMonth parameter, i.e. to run the job on first Saturday every month.	False	Named	False	False

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

Example 1

This command sets the following backup options for the backup job represented by the $job variable:

The backup algorithm is set to ReverseIncremental,
The active full backup schedule is set to monthly.

The job object is obtained with Get-VBRJob, assigned to the variable beforehand and piped down.

$job | Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions -Algorithm ReverseIncremental -FullBackupScheduleKind Monthly

Example 2

This command sets the following backup options for all backup jobs:

The backup algorithm is set to Incremental.
The synthetic full backup is enabled on every Sunday and Thursday.
The previous fulls are set to rollback to chain of increments to save disk space.
The active full backup schedule is set to every second Sunday monthly.

Get-VBRJob -Name Backup* | Set-VBRJobAdvancedBackupOptions -Algorithm Incremental -TransformFullToSyntethic $True -TransformIncrementsToSyntethic $True -TransformToSyntethicDays Sunday, Thursday -EnableFullBackup $True -FullBackupScheduleKind Monthly -DayNumberInMonth Second -FullBackupScheduleKind Daily -DayOfWeek Sunday

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob