Set-VBRNASFileServer

Short Description

Modifies managed Windows or Linux file serves added to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Applies to

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

Syntax

Set-VBRNASFileServer -Server <VBRNASFileServer> [-CacheRepository <CBackupRepository>]  [-MetaMigrationType <VBRNASBackupMetaMigrationType>] [-BackupIOControlLevel <VBRNASBackupIOControlLevel>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies managed Windows or Linux file serves added to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure. This cmdlet modifies an existing VMware replication job.

Note

To modify settings, specify new values for the necessary parameters. The cmdlet will overwrite the previous parameters values with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Server

Specify a file server. The cmdlet will modify settings of this file server.

Accepts the VBRNASNFSServer object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRUnstructuredServer cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

CacheRepository

Specifies the cache repository that you want to modify. Veeam Backup & Replication will keep the cached data of the file server on this repository.

Accepts the CBackupRepository object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRBackupRepository cmdlet.

False

Named

False

MetaMigrationType

Specifies how the cmdlet will migrate metadata. You can use one of the following options:

  • CheckExistence — use this option to check that metadata is available on the current cache repository.
  • CopyMetaFromCache — use this option to migrate metadata from source cache repository to a new cache repository.
    Note: If metadata in a source cache repository is corrupted, the cmdlet will copy data from the archive repository.
  • DownloadMetaFromArchive — use this option to migrate metadata from archive repository or from replica metadata in archive repository.

VBRNASBackupMetaMigrationType

False

Named

False

BackupIOControlLevel

Specifies a speed that Veeam Backup & Replication will use to read data from the file server. You can specify either of the following speed:

  • Lowest
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Highest

VBRNASBackupIOControlLevel

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRNASFileServer object that contains settings of the managed Windows or Linux file serves added to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Examples

Modifying Cache Repository

This example shows how to modify a cache repository of the file server. The cmdlet will set the Repository 04 repository as the cache repository on this server.

$server = Get-VBRUnstructuredServer -Name 'File server 09'

$cacherepository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name 'Repository 04'

Set-VBRNASFileServer -Server $server -CacheRepository $cacherepository

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRUnstructuredServer cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $server variable.
  2. Run the Get-VBRBackupRepository cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $cacherepository variable.
  3. Run the Set-VBRNASFileServer cmdlet. Set the $server variable as the Server parameter value. Specify the $cacherepository variable as the CacheRepository parameter value.

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