---
title: "New-VBRRPONotificationOption"
description: "Defines RPO notification settings. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet creates the VBRRPONotificationOption object. This object defines recovery point objective (RPO) notification settings."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrrponotificationoption.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Jobs > Job Options > New-VBRRPONotificationOption"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRRPONotificationOption

## Short Description
Defines RPO notification settings.

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

## Syntax
```
New-VBRRPONotificationOption [-EnableRPOWarning] [-Value <Int32>] [-TimeUnit <VBRRpoTimeUnit>]
 [-RPOType <VBRRpoType>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the [`VBRRPONotificationOption`](vbrrponotificationoption.md) object. This object defines recovery point objective (RPO) notification settings. Veeam Backup & Replication will mark a copy job with a warning if the newly created restore point or transaction log is not copied within the desired recovery point objective.

## 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">EnableRPOWarning</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will enable the RPO warning.</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">RPOType</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the following type of an RPO warning:</p><ul><li><code>BackupJob</code>: use this option to enable an RPO warning for a job.</li><li><code>BackupLogJob</code>: use this option to enable an RPO warning for job logs.</li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRRpoType</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">TimeUnit</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a period of time when data must be copied from the source repository to the target repository. You can set one of the following periods of time:</p><ul><li><code>Minutes</code></li><li><code>Hours</code></li><li><code>Days</code></li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRRpoTimeUnit</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">Value</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the number of minutes, hours or days when data must be copied from the source repository to the target repository.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</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>
    </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 [`VBRRPONotificationOption`](vbrrponotificationoption.md) object that defines RPO notification settings.

## Examples

::: example
### Defining RPO Notification Settings

This command defines the RPO notification settings. According to these options, Veeam Backup & Replication will mark a copy job with a warning if the newly created restore point is not copied within 1 hour.

```
New-VBRRPONotificationOption -EnableRPOWarning -Value 1 -TimeUnit Hours
```

:::