New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy - Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
EnableSchedule	Defines that the backup job will be configured to follow this schedule. If you set this parameter to the EnableSchedule:$false value, the backup job will not be scheduled. Default: True	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Type	Specifies a type of the backup job schedule: Daily: runs the backup job on specific days at the specified hours. Periodically: runs the backup job repeatedly throughout a day with a specific time interval.	VBOJobFrequencyType	False	Named	False
DailyTime	Specifies the time to start the backup job. Default: 15:00:00	TimeSpan	False	Named	False
DailyType	Specifies the days when the backup job will run: Everyday Weekends Workdays Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Default: Everyday	VBODailyType	False	Named	False
BackupWindowSettings	Specifies the backup window within which the backup job must be completed.	Accepts the VBOBackupWindowSettings object. To create this object, run the New-VBOBackupWindowSettings cmdlet.	False	Named	False
RetryEnabled	Defines that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will attempt to run a backup job again if the job fails for some reason. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
RetryNumber	Specifies the number of attempts to run the backup job. Permitted values: 1–777. Default: 3	Int32	False	Named	False
RetryWaitInterval	Specifies the time intervals between the job retry attempts in minutes. Permitted values: 1–999. Default: 10	Int32	False	Named	False
PeriodicallyEvery	Specifies the time interval between the job runs: Minutes5 Minutes10 Minutes15 Minutes30 Hours1 Hours2 Hours4 Hours8 Hours12 Default: Minutes5	VBOPeriodicInterval	False	Named	False
PeriodicallyWindowSettings	Specifies the backup window within which the backup job will run periodically.	Accepts the VBOBackupWindowSettings object. To create this object, run the New-VBOBackupWindowSettings cmdlet.	False	Named	False
PeriodicallyOffsetMinutes	Specifies the offset within an hour in minutes after which the job must start according to the periodic schedule. Permitted values: 0–59. Default: 0	Int32	False	Named	False

This example shows how to configure a daily job schedule for a backup job. A job schedule will have the following settings:

A backup job will run everyday at 8 AM.
A backup job will stop if its processing exceeds the allowed backup window.

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

$bwindow = New-VBOBackupWindowSettings -FromDay Monday -FromHour 8 -ToDay Sunday -ToHour 17 -Enabled:$true

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

Set-VBOJob -Job $job -SchedulePolicy $daily

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to get a backup job whose schedule settings you want to configure. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupWindowSettings cmdlet to create a backup window within which the backup job must be completed. Save the result to the $bwindow variable.
Run the New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy cmdlet with the $bwindow variable to set the job schedule. Save the result to the $daily variable.
Run the Set-VBOJob cmdlet with the $job and $daily variables to apply new schedule settings to the backup job.

This example shows how to configure a periodical job schedule for a backup job. A job schedule will have the following settings:

A backup job will run every 4 hours.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will not restart a backup job if it fails.

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

$every4noretry = New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy -Type Periodically -PeriodicallyEvery Hours4 -RetryEnabled:$false

Set-VBOJob -Job $job -SchedulePolicy $every4noretry

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOJob cmdlet to get a backup job. Save the result to the $job variable.
Run the New-VBOJobSchedulePolicy cmdlet to set the job schedule. Save the result to the $every4noretry variable.
Run the Set-VBOJob cmdlet with the $job and $every4noretry variables.