Set-VBRSimpleRetentionPolicy

Short Description

Modifies a retention policy for backup copy jobs that process backups stored on external repositories.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Set-VBRSimpleRetentionPolicy -RetentionPolicy <VBRSimpleRetentionPolicy> [-RestorePoints <int>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies a retention policy for a backup copy jobs that process backups stored on external repositories.

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

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

RetentionPolicy

Specifies a retention policy for a backup copy job. The cmdlet will modify this policy.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

RestorePoints

Specifies a number of restore points.

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Return Type

Example

This example shows how to modify a retention policy for a backup copy job. The target backup repository will keep the last 5 restore points.

  1. Run Get-VBRJob to get the backup copy job. Save the result to the $job variable.
  2. Run Get-VBRRetentionPolicy with the $job variable. Save the result to the $policy variable.
  3. Run Set-VBRSimpleRetentionPolicy with the $policy variable.

$job = Get-VBRJob -Name "EC2 BCJ 01"

$policy = Get-VBRRetentionPolicy -Job $job

Set-VBRSimpleRetentionPolicy -RetentionPolicy $policy -RestorePoints 5

Related Commands

Get-VBRJob

Get-VBRRetentionPolicy