Enable-VBRComputerBackupJob

Short Description

Enables Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies.

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

Syntax

Enable-VBRComputerBackupJob [-Job] <VBRComputerBackupJob[]> [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet enables Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies.

Run the Disable-VBRComputerBackupJobDisables Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies. cmdlet to disable Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies.

Parameters

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Job

Specifies a Veeam Agent backup job or a Veeam Agent backup policy that you want to enable.

Accepts the VBRComputerBackupJob[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRComputerBackupJobReturns Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies. cmdlet.

VBRComputerBackupJob[]

True

0

True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

PassThru

Defines that the command returns the output object to the Windows PowerShell console.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

This cmdlet returns the VBRComputerBackupJob object that contains settings of enabled Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies.

Examples

Enabling Veeam Agent Backup Job

This example shows how to enable the WinSrv2049 Veeam Agent Backup Job.

$job = Get-VBRComputerBackupJob -Name "WinSrv2049"

Enable-VBRComputerBackupJob -Job $job

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRComputerBackupJobReturns Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies. cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $job variable.
  2. Run the Enable-VBRComputerBackupJob cmdlet. Set the $job variable as the Job parameter value.

Get-VBRComputerBackupJobReturns Veeam Agent backup jobs and Veeam Agent backup policies.

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