New-VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination

Short Description

Defines the target location settings for cloud universal CDP policies.

Applies to

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

Syntax

New-VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination -Datastore <VBRCloudDatastore> [-DiskType {Source | Thick | Thin | ThickEagerZeroed | Mixed}] [-Force] [-HighPriority] -Server <VBRCloudServer>  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet defines the VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination object that contains the target location settings for cloud universal CDP policies.

The target ESXi host or cluster must have the I/O CDP filter installed. For more information oh how to install the filter, see Install-VBRCDPFilter.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Datastore

Specifies the datastore under your cloud resources. The cmdlet will replicate workloads to this datastore.

Accepts the VBRCloudDatastore object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRCloudDatastore cmdlet.

True

Named

False

Server

Specifies the cloud host allocated by the service provider. The cmdlet will replicate workloads to this cloud host.

Accepts the VBRCloudServer object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRCloudServer cmdlet.

True

Named

False

DiskType

Specifies the type of disks for replicas:

  • Source: the replica disks will be the same format as source.
  • Thick: the replica disks will be thick.
  • Thin: the replica disks will be thin.
  • ThickEagerZeroed: the replica disks will be thick eager zeroed.

VBRDiskCreationMode

False

Named

False

Force

Defines that the cmdlet will perform a failover without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

HighPriority

Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will prioritize this job higher than other similar jobs and will allocate resources to it in the first place.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination object that defines the target location settings for cloud universal CDP policies.

Examples

Creating Target Location Settings for Cloud Universal CDP Policy

This example shows how to create target location settings for the cloud universal CDP policy. The replica disks will be the same format as source disks.

$datastore = Get-VBRCloudDatastore -Name "Cloud Replicas"

$server = Get-VBRCloudServer -Name "Atlanta Silver"

$destination = New-VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination -Datastore $datastore -DiskType Source -Server $server

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRCloudDatastore cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $datastore variable.
  2. Run the Get-VBRCloudServer cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $server variable.
  3. Run the New-VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination cmdlet. Specify the following settings:
  • Set the $datastore variable as the Datastore parameter value.
  • Set the Source value as the DiskType parameter value.
  • Set the $server variable as the Server parameter value.
  • Save the result to the $destination variable.

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