---
title: "Breaking Changes"
description: "This section contains information on breaking changes in Veeam PowerShell v13. These changes cause Veeam PowerShell v13 to function differently and could affect the code."
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dateModified: "2026-08-19"
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# Breaking Changes

This section contains information on breaking changes in Veeam PowerShell v13. These changes cause Veeam PowerShell v13 to function differently and could affect the code.

## Renamed Cmdlets

In this version, the following cmdlets are renamed:

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Old Cmdlets</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:30%;">
      <p>New Cmdlets</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Apply-VBRIndependentRetention</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p><a href="apply-vbrbackgroundretention.md" class="T_Filenames">Apply-VBRBackgroundRetention</a></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Disable-VBRIndependentRetention</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p><a href="disable-vbrbackgroundretention.md" class="T_Filenames">Disable-VBRBackgroundRetention</a></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Enable-VBRIndependentRetention</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p><a href="enable-vbrbackgroundretention.md" class="T_Filenames">Enable-VBRBackgroundRetention</a></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Deleted Cmdlets

### Immutability

In this version, you can no longer roll back checkpoints in object storage repositories to the previous state. This functionality is no longer available in Veeam Backup & Replication. The following cmdlets are removed from the Veeam PowerShell module:

- Get-VBRObjectStorageRepositorySyncInterval
- Sync-VBRNASBackupState
- Sync-VBRObjectStorageRepositoryEntityState
- Sync-VBRUnstructuredBackupState

### Storage Systems

In this version, the HPE StoreVirtual storage systems are no longer available in Veeam Backup & Replication. The following cmdlets are removed from the Veeam PowerShell module:

- Add-HP4Snapshot
- Add-HP4Storage
- Get-HP4Cluster
- Get-HP4InfrastructureVolume
- Get-HP4Snapshot
- Get-HP4Storage
- Get-HP4Volume
- Set-HP4Storage
- Sync-HP4Storage
- Sync-HP4Volume
- Remove-HP4Snapshot
- Remove-HP4Storage