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Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount

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    Short Description

    Creates S3 Compatible storage account credentials.

    Syntax

    Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -AccessKey <string> -SecurityKey <securestring> [-Description <string>][<CommonParameters>]

    Detailed Description

    This cmdlet creates the VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount object. This object contains storage account credentials for the following types of object storage:

    • S3 Compatible object storage.
    • IBM Cloud object storage.

    Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 will use these storage account credentials to access these object storage.

    Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Type

    Required

    Position

    Accept Pipeline Input

    Accept Wildcard Characters

    AccessKey

    Specifies an access key. The cmdlet will use this key to add S3 Compatible storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

    String

    True

    Named

    False

     

    SecurityKey

    Specifies a secret key. The cmdlet will use this key to add S3 Compatible storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

    SecureString

    True

    Named

    False

     

    Description

    Specifies a description for S3 Compatible storage account credentials.

    String

    False

    Named

    False

     

    <CommonParameters>

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

    Output Object

    The cmdlet returns the VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount object that contains S3 Compatible storage account credentials.

    Examples

    Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccountExample 1. Adding S3 Compatible Credentials Record

    This example shows how to add S3 Compatible storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

    $securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString

    Enter your password: **********

    Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -AccessKey "867F16FDE95B12DF" -SecurityKey $securepassword

    Perform the following steps:

    1. Run the Read-Host cmdlet. Specify the message that the console will display as a prompt. Specify the AsSecureString parameter. Save the result to the $securepassword variable.
    2. Enter the password.
    3. Run the Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount cmdlet. Specify the AccessKey parameter value. Set $securepassword as the SecurityKey parameter value.

    Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccountExample 2. Adding S3 Compatible Record with Description

    This example shows how to add S3 Compatible storage account credentials with a description.

    $securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString

    Enter your password: **********

    Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -AccessKey "eu7^vuKvvhcrtbP" -SecurityKey $securepassword -Description "S3 Compatible Credential Records"

    Perform the following steps:

    1. Run the Read-Host cmdlet. Specify the message that the console will display as a prompt. Specify the AsSecureString parameter. Save the result to the $securepassword variable.
    2. Enter the password.
    3. Run the Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount cmdlet. Specify the following settings:
    • Set $securepassword as the SecurityKey parameter value.
    • Specify the AccessKey parameter value.
    • Specify the Description parameter value.

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    Read-Host