Enable-VBRProtectionGroup

Short Description

Enables automatic discovery for the protection group computers.

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

Syntax

Enable-VBRProtectionGroup -ProtectionGroup <VBRProtectionGroup[]>

[-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet enables automatic discovery for selected protection groups. Automatic discovery is performed per discovery schedule configured for the protection group.

Run the Disable-VBRProtectionGroupDisables automatic discovery for the protection group computers. cmdlet to disable automatic discovery.

Parameters

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

ProtectionGroup

Specifies the array of protection groups. The cmdlet will enable automatic discovery for these protection groups.

Accepts the VBRProtectionGroup[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRProtectionGroupReturns protection groups. cmdlet.

VBRProtectionGroup[]

True

Named

True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Confirm

Defines whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

WhatIf

Defines whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Examples

Enabling Automatic Discovery for Computers of Protection Group

This example shows how to enable automatic discovery for the computers of the protection group.

$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "East Computers"

Enable-VBRProtectionGroup -ProtectionGroup $group

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRProtectionGroupReturns protection groups. cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $group variable.
  2. Run the Enable-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet. Set the $group variable as the ProtectionGroup parameter value.

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