Set-VBRViProxy

Short Description

Modifies a VMware backup proxy.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

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

Syntax

Set-VBRViProxy -Proxy <CViProxy> [-TransportMode <VBRProxyTransportMode> {Auto | DirectStorageAccess | HotAdd | Nbd}] [-ConnectedDatastoreMode <VBRProxyConnectedDatastoreMode> {Auto | Manual}] [-Datastore <VBRViDatastore[]>] [-EnableFailoverToNBD] [-EnableHostToProxyEncryption] [-Description <string>] [-MaxTasks <int>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies settings of the selected VMware backup proxy server.

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

Proxy

Specifies an array of VMware proxies you want to modify.

Accepts the CViProxy[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRViProxy cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

Description

Specifies a description of a VMware proxy.

String

False

Named

False

MaxTasks

Specifies the number of concurrent tasks that can be assigned to a proxy simultaneously.

Allowed values: 1-100.

Default: 2.

Int32

False

Named

False

TransportMode

Specifies the transport mode used by a backup proxy:

  • Auto: Use this option to set the automatic proxy selection mode.
  • DirectStorageAccess: Use this option to set the direct storage access transport mode (Direct SAN access or Direct NFS access).
  • HotAdd: Use this option to set the virtual appliance transport mode.
  • Nbd: Use this option to set the network transport mode.

Default: Auto.

VBRProxyTransportMode

False

Named

False

ConnectedDatastoreMode

Specifies the mode that a proxy will use to connect to datastores:

  • Auto: Veeam Backup & Replication automatically detects all datastores that allow direct SAN or NFS connection.
  • Manual: backup proxy has a direct SAN or NFS connection to datastores in the Datastore list. Use the Datastore parameter to specify the allowed datastores.

Default: Auto.

VBRProxyConnectedDatastoreMode

False

Named

False

Datastore

Specifies a list of datastores to which a backup proxy has a direct SAN or NFS connection.

Accepts the VBRViDatastore[] object. To create this object, run the Find-VBRViDatastore cmdlet.

False

Named

False

EnableFailoverToNBD

Enables failover to the Network transport mode if a backup proxy fails to transport data using the Direct storage access or Virtual appliance transport mode.

Note: To disable this option, specify the $false value for the EnableFailoverToNBD parameter.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

EnableHostToProxyEncryption

Enables a VM data transportation over an encrypted SSL connection in the Network transport mode.

Default: False.

SwitchParameter

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 CViProxy[] that contains an array of VMware backup proxy servers added to the backup infrastructure.

Examples

Modifying VMware Backup Proxy

This example shows how to modify the VMware backup proxy named LocalProxy.

$proxy = Get-VBRViProxy -Name "LocalProxy"

Set-VBRViProxy -Proxy $proxy -TransportMode HotAdd -EnableFailoverToNBD

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRViProxy cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $proxy variable.
  2. Run the Set-VBRViProxy cmdlet. Set the $proxy variable as the Proxy parameter value. Set the HotAdd option for the TransportMode parameter. Provide the EnableFailoverToNBD parameter.

Related Commands

Get-VBRServer