---
title: "New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions"
description: "Defines storage settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet creates the VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions object that contains storage settings for Veeam Agent ba"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrbackupcopyjobstorageoptions_agent.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Agent Management > Working with Veeam Agent Backup Jobs and Policies > Veeam Agent Backup Copy Jobs > New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions

## Short Description
Defines storage settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs.

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

## Syntax
```
New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions [-EnableDataDeduplication]
 -CompressionLevel <VBRBackupCopyJobCompressionLevel>
 -StorageOptimizationType <VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptimizationType> [-EnableEncryption]
 [-EncryptionKey <VBREncryptionKey>] [-KMSServer <VBRKMSServer>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the `VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions` object that contains storage settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs. These settings allow you to modify the following options for the storage:

- Data compression options
- Data deduplication options
- Encryption options

For more information about job storage settings, see the [Data Compression and Deduplication](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/compression_deduplication.html?ver=13) section of User Guide.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <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">CompressionLevel</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a compression level of backup files created with a Veeam Agent backup copy job. You can specify either of the following compression level:</p><ul><li><code>Auto:</code> use this option to set the same compression level as in the copied backup files.</li><li><code>None</code>: use this option if you do not want to enable data compression.</li><li><code>DedupeFriendly</code>: use this option to set a dedupe-friendly compression level.</li><li><code>Optimal</code>: use this option to set an optimal compression level.</li><li><code>High</code>: use this option to set a high compression level.</li><li><code>Extreme</code>: use this option to set an extreme compression level.</li></ul><p>Default: <code>Auto</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRBackupCopyJobCompressionLevel</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</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">EnableDataDeduplication</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will enable the data deduplication option for backup files created with a Veeam Agent backup copy job.</p><p>If you do not provide this parameter, Veeam Backup & Replication will not decrease the size of these backup files.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">EnableEncryption</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will encrypt backup files created with a Veeam Agent backup copy job.</p><p>If you do not provide this parameter, Veeam Backup & Replication will not encrypt these backup files.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">EncryptionKey</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the encryption option.</p><p>Specifies an encryption key. Veeam Backup & Replication will use this key to encrypt backup files.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBREncryptionKey</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrencryptionkey.md"><code>Get-VBREncryptionKey</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBREncryptionKey</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">KMSServer</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the KMS server you want to use to encrypt the data.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRKMSServer</code> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrkmsserver.md"><code>Get-VBRKMSServer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrkmsserver.md"><code>VBRKMSServer</code></a></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">StorageOptimizationType</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies data deduplication options.</p><ul><li><code>Automatic</code>: use this option to set the same type of storage as in the copied backup files.</li><li><code>LocalTarget</code>: use this option for backup to SAN, DAS or local storage.</li><li><code>LocalTargetHugeBackup</code>: use this option for Veeam Agent jobs that can produce backup files larger than 16 TB.</li><li><code>LANTarget</code>: use this option for backup to NAS and for onsite backup.</li><li><code>WANTarget</code>: use this option if you plan to use WAN for offsite backup.</li></ul><p>Depending on the selected storage type, the job will use data blocks of different size to optimize the size of backup files.</p><p>Default: <code>LocalTarget</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptimizationType</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</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 `VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions` object that contains storage optimization settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Defining Storage Optimization Settings for Veeam Agent Backup Copy Job

This command defines storage optimization settings for a Veeam Agent backup copy jobs. These settings are defined with the following options:

- The compression level is set to `Optimal`.
- The storage optimization type is set to back up to NAS.

```
New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions -CompressionLevel Optimal -StorageOptimizationType LANTarget
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Defining Storage Optimization Settings with Data Deduplication

This command defines storage optimization settings for a Veeam Agent backup copy job. These settings are defined with the following options:

- The compression level is set to dedupe-friendly.
- The storage optimization type is set to back up to local storage.
- Data deduplication is enabled.

```
New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions -CompressionLevel DedupeFriendly -StorageOptimizationType LANTarget -EnableDataDeduplication
```

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Defining Storage Optimization Settings with Encryption Option

This example shows how to define storage optimization settings with the encryption option.

```
$plainpassword = "VeeamPassword"
$securepassword = $plainpassword | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$key = Add-VBREncryptionKey -Password $securepassword -Description "Veeam Administrator"
New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions -CompressionLevel Optimal -StorageOptimizationType LocalTargetHugeBackup -EnableEncryption -EncryptionKey $key
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Create the secure password:

   1. Add the `$plainpassword` variable and set it to the `VeeamPassword` value.
   2. Convert the `$plainpassword` variable to the secure string. Provide the `ConvertTo-SecureString`, `AsPlainText` and `Force` parameters. Save the result to the `$securepassword` variable.
   3. Run the [`Add-VBREncryptionKey`](add-vbrencryptionkey.md) cmdlet. Set the `$securepassword` variable as the `Password` parameter value. Specify the `Description` parameter value. Save the result to the `$key` variable.

2. Run the `New-VBRBackupCopyJobStorageOptions` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `Optimal` option for the `CompressionLevel` parameter.
   - Set the `LocalTargetHugeBackup` option for the `StorageOptimizationType` parameter.
   - Provide the `EnableEncryption` parameter.
   - Set the `$key` variable as the `EncryptionKey` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Add-VBREncryptionKey`](add-vbrencryptionkey.md)