Set-VNXHost

Short Description

Modifies Dell VNX storage settings.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

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

Storage System: Dell VNX

Syntax

Set-VNXHost -Host <CVnxHost> [-Description <string>] [-UserName <string>] [-Password <string>] [-Credentials <CInternalCredentials>] [-CredentialsScope {Global | Local | LDAP}] [-Proxy <IProxy[]>] [-MountServer <CHost>] [-IncludedVolume <CSanInfrastructureVolume[]>] [-ExcludedVolume <CSanInfrastructureVolume[]>] [-IncludedWildcard <string[]>] [-ExcludedWildcard <string[]>] [-AgentProxy <VBRNASProxyServer[]>] [-AgentVolumeScanType {All | Exclude | Include}] [-AgentIncludedVolume <CSanInfrastructureVolume[]>] [-AgentExcludedVolume <CSanInfrastructureVolume[]>] [-AgentIncludedWildcard <string[]>] [-AgentExcludedWildcard <string[]>] [-SkipRescan] [-Force] [-EnableProxyAutoSelection] [-ProtocolPolicy <VBRStorageProtocolPolicy>] [-VolumeScanType {All | Exclude | Include}] [-AgentEnableProxyAutoSelection] [-AgentProtocolPolicy <VBRStorageProtocolPolicy>] [-EnableVMwareBackup] [-EnableAgentBackup]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies settings of Dell VNX storage systems. When you modify storage system settings, the cmdlet automatically rescans storage systems.

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.

Tip

You can specify the scope of volumes that you want to rescan with the VBRVolumeScanType parameter.

Run the Get-VNXInfrastructureVolume cmdlet to get an array of volumes from Dell VNX storage systems.

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Host

Specifies the storage you want to modify.

Accepts the CVnxHost object. To create this object, run the Get-VNXHost cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

Description

Specifies the description of the storage.

String

False

Named

False

UserName

Specifies the user name that you want to use for authenticating with the storage.

String

True

Named

False

Password

Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the storage.

String

True

Named

False

Credentials

Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with the storage.

Accepts the CInternalCredentials object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRCredentials cmdlet.

True

Named

False

CredentialsScope

Used to authenticate with the VNXBlock.

Specifies the credentials scope: Global, Local, LDAP.

VBRVNXBlockCredentialsScope

False

Named

False

MountServer

Specifies the mount server that you want to use to work with this storage.

Accepts the CHost object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet

False

Named

False

EnableVMwareBackup

Enables the VMware backup option.

If you provide this parameter, you will be able to use storage snapshots to backup and restore VMware vSphere VMs hosted on storage systems.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

EnableAgentBackup

Enables the Veeam Agent backup option.

If you provide this parameter, you will be able to integrate your storage systems with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows installed on computers in your infrastructure.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

Proxy

For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter.

Specifies the array of proxies you want to use.

String

False

Named

False

EnableProxyAutoSelection

For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter.

Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will use automatic proxy selection.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

ProtocolPolicy

For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter.

Specifies the protocol policy for the storage.

Accepts the VBRStorageProtocolPolicy object. To create this object, run the New-VBRStorageProtocolPolicy cmdlet.

False

Named

False

VolumeScanType

For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter.

Specifies the scope of volumes that you want to rescan.

You can use the following options to rescan the volumes:

  • All - choose this option to scan all volumes that were added to your backup infrastructure with the initial scan.
  • Exclude - choose this option to exclude volumes from scan.
    Note: Veeam Backup & Replication will not show excluded volumes in the backup infrastructure after the rescan.
    Use the ExcludedVolume parameter to specify the excluded volumes.
  • Include - choose this option to scan only the specified storage volumes.
    Use the IncludedVolume parameter to specify the included volumes.

VBRVolumeScanType

False

Named

False

IncludedVolume

For the VolumeScanType parameter with the include option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes that you want to rescan.

Note: Veeam Backup & Replication will show only rescanned volumes in the backup infrastructure.

CSanInfrastructureVolume

False

Named

False

IncludedWildcard

For the VolumeScanType parameter with the include option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes with wildcard characters. Veeam Backup & Replication will rescan only those volumes which names are specified with these wildcard characters.

String

False

Named

False

ExcludedVolume

For the VolumeScanType parameter with the exclude option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes that you do not want to rescan.

Note: Veeam Backup & Replication will not show the excluded volumes in the backup infrastructure after the rescan.

CSanInfrastructureVolume

False

Named

False

ExcludedWildcard

For the VolumeScanType parameter with the exclude option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes with wildcard characters. Veeam Backup & Replication will not rescan the volumes which names are specified with these wildcard characters.

String

False

Named

False

AgentProxy

For the EnableAgentBackup parameter.

Specifies an array of proxies you want to use with this storage.

Accepts the VBRComputerFileProxyServer object. To create this object, run the Add-VBRComputerFileProxyServer cmdlet.

False

Named

False

AgentVolumeScanType

For the EnableAgentBackup parameter.

Specifies the scope of volumes that you want to rescan.

You can use the following options to rescan the volumes:

  • All - choose this option to scan all volumes that were added to your backup infrastructure with the initial scan.
  • Exclude - choose this option to exclude volumes from scan.
    Note: Veeam Backup & Replication will not show excluded volumes in the backup infrastructure after the rescan.
    Use the ExcludedVolume parameter to specify the excluded volumes.
  • Include - choose this option to scan only the specified storage volumes.
    Use the IncludedVolume parameter to specify the included volumes.

VBRVolumeScanType

False

Named

False

AgentIncludedVolume

For the AgentVolumeScanType parameter with the include option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes that you want to rescan.

Note: Veeam Backup & Replication will show only rescanned volumes in the backup infrastructure.

CSanInfrastructureVolume

False

Named

False

AgentExcludedVolume

For the AgentVolumeScanType parameter with the exclude option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes that you do not want to rescan.

Note: Veeam Backup & Replication will not show the excluded volumes in the backup infrastructure after the rescan.

CSanInfrastructureVolume

False

Named

False

AgentIncludedWildcard

For the AgentVolumeScanType parameter with the include option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes with wildcard characters. Veeam Backup & Replication will rescan only those volumes which names are specified with these wildcard characters.

String

False

Named

False

AgentExcludedWildcard

For the AgentVolumeScanType parameter with the exclude option.

Specifies an array of storage volumes with wildcard characters. Veeam Backup & Replication will not rescan the volumes which names are specified with these wildcard characters.

String

False

Named

False

AgentEnableProxyAutoSelection

For the EnableAgentBackup parameter.

Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will use automatic proxy selection.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

AgentProtocolPolicy

For the EnableAgentBackup parameter.

Specifies the protocol policy for the storage.

Accepts the VBRStorageProtocolPolicy object. To create this object, run the New-VBRStorageProtocolPolicy cmdlet.

False

Named

False

SkipRescan

Defines that the cmdlet will not start the storage rescan automatically after you add storage systems to the backup infrastructure.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

Force

Defines that the cmdlet will add a Dell VNX storage system without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Examples

Set-VNXHostExample 1. Enabling Automatic Proxy Selection for Dell VNX Storage System

This example shows how to enable the automatic proxy selection for a Dell VNX storage system.

$storage = Get-VNXHost -Name "VNX Storage"

Set-VNXHost -Host $storage -EnableProxyAutoSelection

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VNXHost cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $storage variable.
  2. Run the Set-VNXHost cmdlet. Set the $storage variable as the Host parameter value. Provide the EnableProxyAutoSelection parameter.

Set-VNXHostExample 2. Excluding Dell VNX Volumes from Rescan

This example shows how to exclude Dell VNX volumes from rescan.

$storage = Get-VNXHost -Name "VNX Storage"

$volumes = Get-VNXInfrastructureVolume -Name "ISCSI Volume4", "ISCSI Volume5", "NFS Volume1"

Set-VNXHost -Host $storage -VolumeScanType Exclude -ExcludedVolume $volumes

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VNXHost cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $storage variable.
  2. Run the Get-VNXInfrastructureVolume cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $volumes variable.
  3. Run the Set-VNXHost cmdlet. Set the $storage variable as the Host parameter value. Set the Exclude option for the VolumeScanType parameter. Set the $volumes variable as the ExcludedVolume parameter value.

Set-VNXHostExample 3. Rescanning All Volumes Added to Dell VNX Storage System

This example shows how to rescan all volumes added to a Dell VNX storage system.

$storage = Get-VNXHost -Name "VNX Storage"

$volumes = Get-VNXInfrastructureVolume -Host $storage

Set-VNXHost -Host $storage -VolumeScanType Include -Included $volumes

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VNXHost cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $storage variable.
  2. Run the Get-VNXInfrastructureVolume cmdlet. Set the $storage variable as the Host parameter value. Save the result to the $volumes variable.
  3. Run the Set-VNXHost cmdlet. Set the $storage variable as the Host parameter value. Set the Include option for the VolumeScanType parameter. Set the $volumes variable as the Included parameter value.

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