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title: "Veeam Agent Management Protection Groups"
description: "You can use the cmdlet in this topic to perform the following operations."
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# Veeam Agent Management Protection Groups

You can use the cmdlet in this topic to perform the following operations.

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      <p>Cmdlet</p>
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      <p>Operation</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="add-vbrprotectiongroup.md" class="T_Filenames">Add-VBRProtectionGroup</a></p>
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      <p>Adds protection groups.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbrprotectiongroup.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRProtectionGroup</a></p>
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      <p>Returns protection groups.</p>
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      <p><a href="set-vbrprotectiongroup.md" class="T_Filenames">Set-VBRProtectionGroup</a></p>
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      <p>Modifies protection groups.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbrprotectiongrouplinuxpackage.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRProtectionGroupLinuxPackage</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Returns Veeam Agent for Linux packages.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="get-vbrprotectiongroupunixpackage.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRProtectionGroupUnixPackage</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Returns Veeam Agents for Unix packages.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="new-vbrperiodicallyoptions.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRPeriodicallyOptions</a></p>
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      <p>Creates periodical schedule settings.</p>
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      <p><a href="new-vbrprotectiongroupscheduleoptions.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRProtectionGroupScheduleOptions</a></p>
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      <p>Creates a discovery schedule.</p>
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      <p><a href="new-vbrprotectiongroupdeploymentoptions.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRProtectionGroupDeploymentOptions</a></p>
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      <p>Creates agent deployment settings.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="new-vbrprotectiongroupnotificationoptions.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRProtectionGroupNotificationOptions</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Creates notification options for protection groups.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="set-vbrprotectiongroupnotificationoptions.md" class="T_Filenames">Set-VBRProtectionGroupNotificationOptions</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Modifies notification options for protection groups.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="new-vbrprotectiongroupadvancedwindowsoptions.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRProtectionGroupAdvancedWindowsOptions</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Creates advanced settings for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.</p>
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      <p><a href="disable-vbrprotectiongroup.md" class="T_Filenames">Disable-VBRProtectionGroup</a></p>
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      <p>Disables automatic discovery.</p>
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      <p><a href="enable-vbrprotectiongroup.md" class="T_Filenames">Enable-VBRProtectionGroup</a></p>
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      <p>Enables automatic discovery.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="remove-vbrprotectiongroup.md" class="T_Filenames">Remove-VBRProtectionGroup</a></p>
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      <p>Removes protection groups.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="generate-vbrbackupserverdeployerkit.md" class="T_Filenames">Generate-VBRBackupServerDeployerKit</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Generates Veeam Installer Service and Veeam Deployer Service certificates and installation packages for Microsoft Windows and Linux computers.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="remove-vbrbackupserverdeployercertificate.md" class="T_Filenames">Remove-VBRBackupServerDeployerCertificate</a></p>
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    <td style="height:31px;">
      <p>Removes Veeam Deployer Service certificates from the Veeam Backup & Replication database.</p>
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