New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions

Short Description

Creates a discovery schedule.

Applies to

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

Syntax

New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions [-PolicyType <VBRProtectionGroupPolicyType> {Daily | Periodically}] [-DailyOptions <VBRDailyOptions>] [-PeriodicallyOptions <VBRPeriodicallyOptions>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions object representing a discovery schedule for a protection group. Per this schedule, Veeam Backup & Replication performs a discovery operation: connects to computers of a selected protection group and gathers information about them. After the discovery operation is complete, processed computers are recognized by Veeam Backup & Replication as discovered.

Run the Set-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet to apply a discovery schedule to a protection group.

Run the Rescan-VBREntity cmdlet to discover computers manually.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
PolicyType	Specifies the type of the discovery schedule: Daily Periodically The cmdlet will create the discovery schedule of this type.	VBRProtectionGroupPolicyType	False	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)
DailyOptions	For daily schedule. Specifies daily schedule settings. The cmdlet will create the discovery schedule with these settings.	Accepts the VBRDailyOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRDailyOptions cmdlet.	False	Named	True (ByProperty Name)
PeriodicallyOptions	For periodical schedule. Specifies periodical schedule settings. The cmdlet will create the discovery schedule with these settings.	Accepts the VBRPeriodicallyOptions object. To create this object, run the New-VBRPeriodicallyOptions cmdlet.	False	Named	True (ByProperty Name)

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

Output Object

VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions

Examples

Example 1. Creating Discovery Schedule for Protection Group

This example shows how to create a discovery schedule for a protection group. Per this schedule, Veeam Backup & Replication will perform discovery operations every Friday at 5 PM.

$daily = New-VBRDailyOptions -DayofWeek Friday -Period 17:00

New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions -PolicyType Daily -DailyOptions $daily

Perform the following steps:

Run the New-VBRDailyOptions cmdlet. Set the Friday option for the DayofWeek parameter. Specify the Period parameter value. Save the result to the $daily variable.
Run the New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions cmdlet. Set the Daily option for the PolicyType parameter. Set the $daily variable as the DailyOptions parameter value.

Example 2. Applying Discovery Schedule to Protection Group

This example shows how to apply a discovery schedule to a protection group. Per this schedule, Veeam Backup & Replication will perform discovery operations every Friday at 5 PM.

$daily = New-VBRDailyOptions -DayOfWeek Friday -Period 17:00

$schedule = New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions -PolicyType Daily -DailyOptions $daily

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

Set-VBRProtectionGroup -ProtectionGroup $group -ScheduleOptions $schedule

Perform the following steps:

Run the New-VBRDailyOptions cmdlet. Set the Friday option for the DayofWeek parameter. Specify the Period parameter value. Save the result to the $daily variable.
Run the New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions cmdlet. Set the Daily option for the PolicyType parameter. Set the $daily variable as the DailyOptions parameter value. Save the result to the $schedule variable.
Run the Get-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $group variable.
Run the Set-VBRProtectionGroup cmdlet. Set the $group variable as the ProtectionGroup parameter value. Set the $schedule variable as the ScheduleOptions parameter value.

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