New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer

Short Description

Creates a scope of computers for a protection group.

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

Syntax

New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer -CustomCredentials <VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBRIndividualComputerContainer object. This object contains a scope of computers. Use this object to create a protection group with the Add-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
CustomCredentials	Specifies computers and a method for authenticating them. Accepts the `VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials[]` object. To get this object, run the `New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials` cmdlet.	`VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials[]`	True	Named	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

Examples

New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer Example 1. Creating Scope of Computers for Protection Group

This example shows how to create a scope of computers for a protection group.

$computers = @("172.19.51.53", "sup-v8931") | ForEach { New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials -HostName $_ -Credentials "support\jsmith" }

New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer -CustomCredentials $computers

Perform the following steps:

Run the New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials cmdlet. Use the ForEach statement to apply the same credentials to multiple computers. Save the result to the $computers variable.
Run the New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer cmdlet. Set the $computers variable as the CustomCredentials parameter value.

New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer Example 2. Creating Protection Group with Scope of Computers

This example shows how to create a protection group with a scope of computers.

$computers = @("172.19.51.53", "sup-v8931") | ForEach { New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials -HostName $_ -Credentials "support\jsmith" }

$compscope = New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer -CustomCredentials $computers

Add-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Computers" -Container $compscope

Perform the following steps:

Create a scope of computers:
- Run the New-VBRIndividualComputerCustomCredentials cmdlet. Use the ForEach statement to apply the same credentials to multiple computers. Save the result to the $computers variable.
- Run the New-VBRIndividualComputerContainer cmdlet. Set the $computers variable as the CustomCredentials parameter value. Save the result to the $compscope variable.
Create a protection group. To do this, run the Add-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Set the $compscope variable as the Container parameter value.