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

# New-VBRStorageOptions

## Short Description
Defines storage optimization settings for backup jobs.

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

## Syntax
```
New-VBRStorageOptions -CompressionLevel <VBRCompressionLevel>
 -StorageOptimizationType <VBRStorageOptimizationType> [-EnableEncryption] [-EncryptionKey <VBREncryptionKey>]
 [-KMSServer <VBRKMSServer>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

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

- Data compression options
- Data optimization 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 the User Guide.

For more information about job encryption settings, see the [Storage Settings](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/agent_job_advanced_storage.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Agent Management 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 the compression level of backups:</p><ul><li><code>None</code>: use this option if you do not want to enable data compression.</li><li><code>Dedupe-friendly</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>Optimal</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRCompressionLevel</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">EnableEncryption</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Enables the option for the Veeam Agent backup job to encrypt the backup data.</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 <code>EnableEncryption</code> parameter.</p><p>Specifies the encryption key that you want to use to encrypt the data.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBREncryptionKey</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="add-vbrencryptionkey.md"><code>Add-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 KMS servers added to the Veeam Backup & Replication console. The cmdlet will decrypt data encrypted by this server.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrkmsserver.md"><code>VBRKMSServer</code></a> object. 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 the type of the storage that you plan to use as a backup target.</p><ul><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>VBRStorageOptimizationType</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
This cmdlet returns the `VBRStorageOptions` object that contains storage optimization settings for backup jobs.

## Examples

::: example
### Specifying Data Compression and Storage Optimization Settings

This example shows how to specify data compression and storage optimization settings that you can apply to a backup job. The job with these settings will run as follows:

- The backup job will encrypt the data and will apply the optimal compression level.
- The storage optimization type is set to keep backups larger than 16 TB on the local storage.

```
$key = Add-VBREncryptionKey -Description Mypass
New-VBRStorageOptions -CompressionLevel Optimal -StorageOptimizationType LocalTargetHugeBackup -EnableEncryption -EncryptionKey $key
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Add-VBREncryptionKey`](add-vbrencryptionkey.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Description` parameter value. Save the result to the `$key` variable.
2. Run the `New-VBRStorageOptions` 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)