---
title: "Add-VBRComputerRecoveryToken"
description: "Creates tokens for bare-metal recovery. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet creates tokens that you can use to perform bare-metal recovery."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbrcomputerrecoverytoken.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Agent Management > Restoring Data from Veeam Agent Backups > Working with Tokens > Add-VBRComputerRecoveryToken"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Add-VBRComputerRecoveryToken

## Short Description
Creates tokens for bare-metal recovery.

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

## Syntax
```
Add-VBRComputerRecoveryToken -Backup <CBackup[]> [-ExpirationDate <DateTime>] [-FriendlyName <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates tokens that you can use to perform bare-metal recovery. You can create tokens only for backups of computers created by Veeam Agent.

::: important

You can not create tokens for Veeam Agent backups located in Veeam Cloud Connect repositories.

:::

## Parameters

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      <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">Backup</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of backups. The cmdlet will use a token to perform bare-metal recovery from these backups.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CBackup[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ExpirationDate</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the expiration date of a token.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>DateTime</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</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">FriendlyName</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a token friendly name. The cmdlet will create a token with this name. If you do not specify a friendly name, the cmdlet will create a default friendly name.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</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 [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
This cmdlet returns the `VBRComputerRecoveryToken` object that contains tokens for bare-metal recovery.

## Examples

::: example
### Creating Token for Bare-Metal Recovery

This example shows how to create a token that you can use to perform bare-metal recovery. The friendly name is `Win2049` token and the token will expire on `02.18.2023` at `12.00.00` AM.

```
$backup = Get-VBRBackup
$expirationDate = Get-Date -Year 2023 -Month 2 -Day 18 -Hour 0 -Minute 0 -Second 0
Add-VBRComputerRecoveryToken -Backup $backup[3] -ExpirationDate $expirationDate -FriendlyName "Win2049 token"
 Name           : Recovery token 2022-10-18T23:29:07.992 for Backup Job 1
 RecoveryToken  : EBe0-7e8e-72a6-3Eb2
 ExpirationDate : 2/18/2023 12:00:00 AM
 Backup         : {Backup Job 1}
 FriendlyName   : Win2049 token
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-Date`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/get-date?view=powershell-7.1) cmdlet. Specify the `Year`, `Month`, `Day`, `Hour`, `Minute` and `Second` parameter values. Save the result to the `$expirationDate` variable.
3. Run the `Add-VBRComputerRecoveryToken` cmdlet. Set the `$backup` variable as the `Backup` parameter value. Set the `$expirationDate` variable as the `ExpirationDate` parameter value. Specify the `FriendlyName` parameter value.

   The `Get-VBRBackup` cmdlet will return an array of backups. Mind the ordinal number of the necessary backup (in our example, it is the fourth backup in the array).

   The cmdlet output will contain the following details on the token: `Name`, `RecoveryToken`, `ExpirationDate`, `Backup` and `FriendlyName`.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md)
- [`Get-Date`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/get-date?view=powershell-7.1)