Connect-VBRGoogleCloudService

Short Description

Connects to Google Cloud object storage.

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

Syntax

Connect-VBRGoogleCloudService -Account <VBRGoogleCloudAccount> -ServiceType <VBRGoogleCloudServiceType>

[-GatewayServer <CHost[]>] [-ConnectionType <VBRRepositoryConnectionType>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet connects to Google Cloud object storage. You can use these settings to add Google Cloud object storage into your backup infrastructure an object storage repository.

Run the Add-VBRGoogleCloudRepository cmdlet to add Google Cloud as an object storage repository.

Note

Consider the following:

It is recommended to disconnect from the Google Cloud object storage at the end of the PowerShell session. Otherwise, the information that you get within the session will not be refreshed when you connect again, and outdated data will be used then. Run the Disconnect-VBRGoogleCloudService cmdlet to stop the session.
To get an active session, save the result that you get after you run the Connect-VBRGoogleCloudService cmdlet to a variable.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Account	Specifies a Google Cloud credentials record. Veeam Backup & Replication will use this credentials record to connect to Google Cloud object storage. Accepts the `VBRGoogleCloudAccount` object. To create this object, run the `Add-VBRGoogleCloudAccount` cmdlet.	`VBRGoogleCloudAccount`	True	Named	False
ConnectionType	Specifies how Veeam Backup & Replication will access the object storage repository: `Direct`: Use this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to use a proxy server to transfer data from the processed VM to object storage repositories. `Gateway`: Use this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to use a gateway server to transfer data from processed VM to object storage repositories. Note: Provide the `GatewayServer` parameter to specify the server. Default: `Direct`.	`VBRRepositoryConnectionType`	False	Named	False
GatewayServer	Specifies an array of gateway servers that you want to use to transfer data from processed VM to object storage repositories.	`CHost[]`	False	Named	False
ServiceType	Specifies the type of the backup repository. The cmdlet will add the object storage as the specified type of the backup repository to the backup infrastructure. `ExternalRepository`: Use this option to add object storage as an external backup repository. `CapacityTier`: Use this option to add object storage as a capacity extent or an object storage repository. `ArchiveTier`: Use this option to add object storage as an archive extent.	`VBRGoogleCloudServiceType`	True	Named	False

<CommonParameters>

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

Examples

Connecting to Google Cloud Service

This example shows how to connect to Google Cloud object storage.

$account = Get-VBRGoogleCloudAccount -AccessKey "ABCDEFGHIGKLMNOP"

Connect-VBRGoogleCloudService -Account $account -ServiceType ExternalRepository

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRGoogleCloudAccount cmdlet. Specify the AccessKey parameter value. Save the result to the $account variable.
Run the Connect-VBRGoogleCloudService cmdlet. Set the $account variable as the Account parameter value. Set the ExternalRepository value for the ServiceType parameter value.