Add-VBREC2BackupCopyJob (obsolete)

Short Description

Creates backup copy jobs for backups of Amazon EC2 instances.

Note

This cmdlet is obsolete and only works for creating a simple mode backup copy job. It is recommended to create a new backup job using the Add-VBRBackupCopyJob cmdlet.

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Add-VBREC2BackupCopyJob [-Name <String>] [-Description <String>] -Backup <VBREC2Backup[]>

[-Repository <CBackupRepository>] [-RecoveryPointObjective <VBRRecoveryPointObjective>]

[-RetentionPolicy <VBRRetentionPolicy>] [-BackupWindowOptions <VBRBackupWindowOptions>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates backup copy jobs for backups of Amazon EC2 instances. Backup copy jobs will copy the backups from Amazon S3 external repositories to target repositories.

Note

The cmdlet creates jobs in a disabled state. Run the Enable-VBRJob cmdlet to enable jobs.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Backup	Specifies an array of EC2 instance backups that you want to copy. Accepts the `VBREC2Backup[]` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBREC2Backup` cmdlet.	`VBREC2Backup[]`	True	Named	True (ByValue)
BackupWindowOptions	Specifies the period of time when a backup copy job is allowed to run. Accepts the `VBRBackupWindowOptions` object. To get this object, run the `New-VBRBackupWindowOptions` cmdlet.	`VBRBackupWindowOptions`	False	Named	False
Description	Specifies a description of a backup copy job. The cmdlet will create the job with this description.	`String`	False	Named	False
Name	Specifies a name of a backup copy job. The cmdlet will create the job with this name.	`String`	False	Named	False
RecoveryPointObjective	Specifies a backup copy interval. The cmdlet will copy new restore points of EC2 instance backups to the target backup repository. Accepts the `VBRRecoveryPointObjective` object. To create this object, run the `New-VBRRecoveryPointObjective` cmdlet.	`VBRRecoveryPointObjective`	False	Named	False
Repository	Specifies a target backup repository. The cmdlet will copy EC2 instance backups to this repository. Accepts the `CBackupRepository` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRBackupRepository` cmdlet.	`CBackupRepository`	False	Named	False
RetentionPolicy	Specifies a number of restore points to keep on a target backup repository. Accepts the `VBRRetentionPolicy` object. To get this object, run the following cmdlets: `New-VBRGFSRetentionPolicy` `New-VBRSimpleRetentionPolicy`	`VBRRetentionPolicy`	False	Named	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Examples

Creating Backup Copy Job

This example shows how to create a backup copy job.

$instance = Get-VBREC2Backup -Name "VMEC2 Instance SRV10"

Add-VBREC2BackupCopyJob -Backup $instance

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBREC2Backup cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $instance variable.
Run the Add-VBREC2BackupCopyJob cmdlet. Set the $instance variable as the Backup parameter value.

Get-VBREC2Backup