Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob

Short Description

Clones a backup copy job.

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

Syntax

Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob [-Job] <VBRBackupCopyJob[]> [-Name <String[]>] [-Description <String[]>]

[-Repository <CBackupRepository>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet clones a backup copy job.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Description	Specifies the description you want to assign to the backup copy job that you want to clone.	`String[]`	False	Named	False
Job	Specifies an array of backup copy jobs that you want to clone. Accepts the `VBRBackupCopyJob[]` object. To create this object, run the `Get-VBRBackupCopyJob` cmdlet.	`VBRBackupCopyJob[]`	True	0	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Name	Specifies the name you want to assign to the backup copy that you want to clone. Default: the name of the primary job with the `_clone<clone sequence number>` suffix.	`String[]`	False	Named	False
Repository	Specifies the repository to which you want to copy the backup job that you want to clone. Note: If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet will copy the backup job to the same repository, where the original job stores backups. Accepts the `CBackupRepository` object. To create this object, run `Get-VBRBackupRepository` cmdlet.	`CBackupRepository`	False	Named	False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRBackupCopyJob object that contains settings of backup copy jobs.

Examples

Cloning Backup Copy Jobs

This example shows how to clone backup copy jobs.

$copyjobs = Get-VBRBackupCopyJob

Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob -Job $copyjobs

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRBackupCopyJob cmdlet. Save the result to the $copyjobs variable.
Run the Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob cmdlet. Set the $copyjobs variable as the Job parameter value.