Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerCDPAgent

Short Description

Installs Veeam CDP Guest Service and Veeam CDP volume filter driver.

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

Syntax

Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerCDPAgent -DiscoveredComputer <VBRDiscoveredComputer[]> [-RunAsync]

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

Detailed Description

This cmdlet installs Veeam CDP Guest Service and Veeam CDP volume filter driver on the workloads that you plan to protect using universal CDP.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
DiscoveredComputer	Specifies workloads in a protection group. The cmdlet will install the service and the driver on these workloads. Accepts the `VBRDiscoveredComputer` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer` cmdlet.	`VBRDiscoveredComputer[]`	True	Named	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
RunAsync	Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.	`SwitchParameter`	False	Named	True (ByPropertyName)
Confirm	Defines that the cmdlet will display a prompt that asks if you want to continue running the command.	`SwitchParameter`	False	Named	False
WhatIf	Defines that the cmdlet will write 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.

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRSession object that defines options of the installation session.

Examples

Installing CDP Guest Service

This example shows how to install Veeam CDP Guest Service and Veeam CDP volume filter driver on workloads in the Protection Group CDP protection group.

$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Protection Group CDP"

$workload = Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer -ProtectionGroup $group

Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerCDPAgent -DiscoveredComputer $workload

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $group variable.
Run the Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer cmdlet. Set the $group variable as the ProtectionGroup parameter value. Save the result to the $workload variable.
Run the Install-VBRDiscoveredComputerCDPAgent cmdlet. Set the $workload variable as the DiscoveredComputer parameter value.