New-VBOBackupWindowSettings

Short Description

Creates a backup window.

Syntax

New-VBOBackupWindowSettings -FromDay <DayOfWeek> -FromHour <Int32> -ToDay <DayOfWeek> -ToHour <Int32> [-Enabled] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a backup window for a backup job or a backup copy job. The backup window sets a time period within which the job must be completed.

You can use a backup window object when creating or modifying backup or backup copy job schedule settings.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
FromDay	Specifies the day of the week on which the backup window opens.	DayOfWeek	True	Named	False
FromHour	Specifies the hour on which the backup window opens.	Int32	True	Named	False
ToDay	Specifies the day of the week on which the backup window ends.	DayOfWeek	True	Named	False
ToHour	Specifies the hour on which the backup window ends.	Int32	True	Named	False
Enabled	Defines that the cmdlet will create a backup window with allowed backup hours. Default: False If this parameter is set to false, the cmdlet will create a backup window with prohibited backup hours.	SwitchParameter	True	Named	False

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

Examples

Example 1: Creating Backup Window with Allowed Hours

This example shows how to create a backup window with allowed backup hours from 8 AM on Monday to 5 PM on Saturday and add it to the new job schedule.

$awindow = New-VBOBackupWindowSettings -FromDay Monday -FromHour 8 -ToDay Saturday -ToHour 17 -Enabled:$true

$daily = New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy -Type Daily -DailyType Everyday -DailyTime 08:00:00 -BackupWindowSettings $awindow

$job = Get-VBOJob -Name "ABC: Sales"

Set-VBOJob -Job $job -SchedulePolicy $daily

Perform the following steps:

Run the New-VBOBackupWindowSettings cmdlet to create a backup window within which the backup job is allowed to run. Save the result to the $awindow variable.
Run the New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy cmdlet with the $awindow variable to create the job schedule. Save the result to the $daily variable.
Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to get a backup job whose schedule settings you want to modify. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the Set-VBOJob cmdlet with the $job and $daily variables to apply new schedule settings to the backup job.

Example 2: Creating Backup Window with Prohibited Hours

This example shows how to create a backup window with prohibited backup hours from 8 AM to 5 PM on Monday and add it to the new job schedule.

$pwindow = New-VBOBackupWindowSettings -FromDay Monday -FromHour 8 -ToDay Monday -ToHour 17 -Enabled:$false

$daily = New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy -Type Daily -DailyType Everyday -DailyTime 08:00:00 -BackupWindowSettings $pwindow

$job = Get-VBOJob -Name "ABC: Sales"

Set-VBOJob -Job $job -SchedulePolicy $daily

Perform the following steps:

Run the New-VBOBackupWindowSettings cmdlet to create a backup window within which the backup job is not allowed to run. Save the result to the $pwindow variable.
Run the New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy cmdlet with the $pwindow variable to create the job schedule. Save the result to the $daily variable.
Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to get a backup job whose schedule settings you want to modify. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the Set-VBOJob cmdlet with the $job and $daily variables to apply new schedule settings to the backup job.

Example 3: Adding New Backup Window to Existing Backup Job Schedule

This example shows how to create a backup window and add it to the existing job schedule.

$job = Get-VBOJob -Name "ABC: Sales"

$schedule = $job.schedulepolicy

$bw = New-VBOBackupWindowSettings -FromDay Friday -FromHour 2 -ToDay Monday -ToHour 3 -Enabled:$true

$newschedule = Set-VBOJobSchedulePolicy -Policy $schedule -BackupWindowEnabled -BackupWindowSettings $bw

Set-VBOJob -Job $job -SchedulePolicy $newschedule

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to get a backup job whose schedule settings you want to modify. Save the result to the $job variable.
Get the job schedule settings. Use the SchedulePolicy property of the job object saved to the $job variable. Save the result to the $schedule variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupWindowSettings cmdlet to create a backup window. Save the result to the $bw variable.
Run the Set-VBOJobSchedulePolicy cmdlet with the $bw variable to modify the job schedule settings. Save the result to the $newschedule variable.
Run the Set-VBOJob cmdlet with the $job and $newschedule variables to apply new schedule settings to the backup job.

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