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title: "Get-VEMDBPublishJob"
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# Get-VEMDBPublishJob

## Short Description
Returns active publishing sessions for backed-up MongoDB instances.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>JobIdParameterSet</code></p>

```
Get-VEMDBPublishJob [-JobId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>SourceParameterSet</code></p>

```
Get-VEMDBPublishJob -SourceInstance <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>TargetParameterSet</code></p>

```
Get-VEMDBPublishJob -TargetInstance <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns information about the publishing process for backed-up MongoDB instances.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">JobId</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the publishing job ID. The cmdlet returns publishing jobs with the specified ID.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Guid</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SourceInstance</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies names of source MongoDB instances, in the <code>&lt;server&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code> format (for example, <code>mongodb01:27017</code>). The cmdlet will return publishing jobs performed for the specified instances.</p><p>This parameter accepts wildcard characters.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">TargetInstance</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies names of published MongoDB instances, in the <code>&lt;server&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code> format (for example, <code>mongodb01:27017</code>). The cmdlet will return the publishing jobs performed for the specified instances.</p><p>This parameter accepts wildcard characters.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Docs.

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the [`VEMDBInstancePublish`](vemdbinstancepublish.md)`[]` array that contains information about the publishing process of MongoDB instances.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Getting All Publish Jobs

This command returns a list of all published MongoDB instances. Save the result to the `$publish` variable to be able to use it with other cmdlets.

```
$publish = Get-VEMDBPublishJob
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Getting Publishing Jobs that Use Specific Source MongoDB Instance

This command returns an array of MongoDB publishing jobs that use `mongodb01:27017` as a source instance. Save the result to the `$publish` variable to be able to use it with other cmdlets.

```
$publish = Get-VEMDBPublishJob -SourceInstance "mongodb01:27017"
```

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Getting Publishing Jobs with Target MongoDB Instances that Begin with Certain String

This command returns an array of MongoDB publishing jobs that have published instances whose names begin with "mongo". Save the result to the `$publish` variable to be able to use it with other cmdlets.

```
$publish = Get-VEMDBPublishJob -TargetInstance "mongo*"
```

:::