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Start-VBRQuickBackup

Short Description

Performs QuickBackup.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Start-VBRQuickBackup -VM <IVmItem[]> [-Wait] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts QuickBackup on selected VMs.

Quick backup performs on-demand incremental backup for VMs. The VM must be added to a backup job and have at least one full backup.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
VM	Specifies the array of VMs for which you want to perform the QuickBackup. You can add VMware or Hyper-V VMs. Accepts CViVmItem or CHvVmItem types.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
Wait	Indicates that the command waits for the catalog process to complete before accepting more input.	False	Named	False	False

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Specifies the array of VMs for which you want to perform the QuickBackup.

You can add VMware or Hyper-V VMs.

Accepts CViVmItem or CHvVmItem types.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Wait

Indicates that the command waits for the catalog process to complete before accepting more input.

False

Named

False

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

Related Commands

Find-VBRViEntity / Find-VBRHvEntity