Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule

Short Description

Imports Veeam Software Appliance syslog event forwarding filtering rules from a file.

Product Edition: Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule -Path <String> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet imports an array of advanced filtering rules for Veeam Software Appliance syslog event forwarding from a file produced by the Export-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule cmdlet.

To apply the imported rules, save them to a variable and pass them as the AdvancedFilters parameter value of the Set-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions cmdlet.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Path	Specifies the full path to the file from which the filtering rules will be imported.	`String`	True	Named	False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule

Examples

Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule Example 1. Importing Filtering Rules from File

This example shows how to import filtering rules from a file and save them to a variable.

$rules = Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule -Path "C:\Backup\vsa-filters.xml"

Run the Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule cmdlet. Specify the Path parameter value. Save the result to the $rules variable to use with other cmdlets.

Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule Example 2. Migrating Filtering Rules Between Servers

This example shows how to export the filtering rules from the current Veeam Software Appliance forwarding options, then import and apply them on another Veeam Backup & Replication server.

$opts = Get-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions

Export-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule -Path "C:\Backup\vsa-filters.xml" -FilteringRules $opts.AdvancedFilters

$importedRules = Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule -Path "C:\Backup\vsa-filters.xml"

Set-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions -AdvancedFilters $importedRules

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions cmdlet. Save the result to the $opts variable.
Run the Export-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule cmdlet. Specify the Path parameter value. Set the $opts.AdvancedFilters property as the FilteringRules parameter value.
Run the Import-VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule cmdlet. Specify the Path parameter value. Save the result to the $importedRules variable.
Run the Set-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions cmdlet. Set the $importedRules variable as the AdvancedFilters parameter value.