--- title: "New Features" description: "This section contains information on new features that were introduced in Veeam PowerShell v12.1. In this version, you can use new Veeam PowerShell cmdlets to work with security features." canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new_features_12.1.html" breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Changelog > v12.1 Changelog > New Features" dateModified: "2026-08-19" --- # New Features This section contains information on new features that were introduced in Veeam PowerShell v12.1. ## Security In this version, you can use new Veeam PowerShell cmdlets to work with security features. ### Malware Detection In this version, you can run new cmdlets to use built-in or third-party malware detection methods to scan backup data and get information about suspicious activity or infected objects. ::: dropdown ### New Cmdlets
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Returns restore points created by jobs. |
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Modifies the malware state of restore points. |
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Returns machines affected by malware. |
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Sets clean status for machines and hosts detected with malware. |
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Returns malware detection settings. |
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Modifies malware detection settings. |
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Exports a list of suspicious files extensions to a certain file. |
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Imports a list of suspicious files extensions from a certain file. |
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Adds machines to a malware exclusions list. |
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Returns a list of machines added to malware exclusions. |
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Modifies notes for a list of machines added to malware exclusions. |
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Removes machines from a malware exclusions list. |
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Returns malware detection events for machines. |
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Returns YARA rules. |
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Returns backups of VMs. |
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Starts a scan of backups with antivirus or YARA scan. |
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Adds KMS servers to the Veeam Backup & Replication console. |
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Returns KMS servers added to the Veeam Backup & Replication console. |
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Modifies settings of KMS servers. |
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Removes KMS servers from the Veeam Backup & Replication console. |
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Adds a syslog server to Veeam Backup & Replication. |
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Modifies syslog server settings. |
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Returns syslog server settings. |
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Removes a syslog server. |
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Adds VMs to global VM exclusions. |
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Returns a list of global VM exclusions. |
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Modifies a global VM exclusion. |
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Removes global VM exclusions. |
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Adds S3 compatible object storage with data archiving to the backup infrastructure. |
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Modifies settings for Amazon S3 Glacier archive storage added as a backup repository. |
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Rolls back checkpoints located in object storage repositories to the previous state. |
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Returns backups available in archive extents and capacity extents of scale-out backup repositories. |
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Returns restore points stored in archive extents and capacity extents of a scale-out backup repository. |
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Starts Microsoft Windows guest OS file restore session for a CDP replica. |
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Starts a restore session of Linux-based or Unix-based guest OS files from a CDP replica. |
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Defines configuration settings for a temporary helper appliance. |
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Enable-VBRIndependentRetention |
Enables previously disabled background retention for backups. |
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Disable-VBRIndependentRetention |
Disables background retention for backups. |
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Creates a SureBackup job that run in the backup content scan verification mode. |
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Modifies settings of a SureBackup job that run in the backup content scan verification mode. |
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Adds Amazon S3 storage as unstructured data source to the inventory. |
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Modifies settings of Amazon S3 storage added as unstructured data source to the inventory. |
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Adds Microsoft Azure Blob storage as unstructured data source to the inventory. |
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Modifies settings of Microsoft Azure Blob storage as unstructured data source to the inventory. |
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Adds S3 compatible object storage as unstructured data source to the inventory. |
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Modifies settings of Amazon S3 storage added as unstructured data source to the inventory. |
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Returns unstructured data sources added to the inventory. |
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Removes unstructured data sources from the inventory. |
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Updates the data source for file backups and object storage backups. |
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Returns file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. |
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Returns file backup copy jobs and object storage backup jobs. |
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Defines version-based retention policy settings for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. |
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Modifies version-based retention policy settings for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. |
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Defines a scope of file versions to keep on an archive repository for file backup job or object storage backup job. |
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Modifies settings of secondary backup repositories. |
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Creates secondary backup repositories for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. |
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Modifies settings of secondary backup repositories. |
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Removes file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs from the backup infrastructure. |
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Returns backup sessions for file backup jobs and object storage backup jobs. |
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Returns tasks for file share and object storage backup sessions. |
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Defines an exclusion mask for objects in object storage. |
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Defines an exclusion mask for prefixes in object storage. |
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Defines a tag mask for objects and prefixes in object storage. |
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Returns archived snapshots of Universal Storage API integrated systems. |
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Retrieves and restores an archived snapshot. |
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Removes archived snapshots of Universal Storage API integrated systems. |
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Refreshes information about current usage of backup resources by a cloud tenant. |
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Refreshes information about current usage of the replication resources by a cloud tenant. |
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Creates an object to tape job. |
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Modifies an object to tape job. |
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Starts the restore of objects from tape. |
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Generates the Veeam Deployer Service certificate and installation packages for Microsoft Windows and Linux computers. |
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Get-VBRBackupServerDeployerCertificate |
Exports Veeam Deployer Service certificates to the specified location for Linux machines. |
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Removes Veeam Deployer Service certificates from the Veeam Backup & Replication database. |