---
title: "Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob"
description: "This cmdlet clones a backup copy job."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/copy-vbrbackupcopyjob.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Copy > Backup Copy Jobs for VMs and Physical Machines > Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# 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

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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">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the description you want to assign to the backup copy job that you want to clone.</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Job</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of backup copy jobs that you want to clone.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRBackupCopyJob[]</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrbackupcopyjob.md"><code>Get-VBRBackupCopyJob</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRBackupCopyJob[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</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">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the name you want to assign to the backup copy that you want to clone.</p><p>Default: the name of the primary job with the <code>_clone&lt;clone sequence number&gt;</code> suffix.</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Repository</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the repository to which you want to copy the backup job that you want to clone.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet will copy the backup job to the same repository, where the original job stores backups.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CBackupRepository</code> object. To create this object, run <a href="get-vbrbackuprepository.md"><code>Get-VBRBackupRepository</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CBackupRepository</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
The cmdlet returns the `VBRBackupCopyJob` object that contains settings of backup copy jobs.

## Examples

::: example
### Cloning Backup Copy Jobs

This example shows how to clone backup copy jobs.

```
$copyjobs = Get-VBRBackupCopyJob
Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob -Job $copyjobs
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackupCopyJob`](get-vbrbackupcopyjob.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$copyjobs` variable. 
2. Run the `Copy-VBRBackupCopyJob` cmdlet. Set the `$copyjobs` variable as the `Job` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRBackupCopyJob`](get-vbrbackupcopyjob.md)