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title: "VBRScaleOutBackupRepository"
description: "Contains scale-out backup repository. Property Type Description GUID Unique identifier of the scale-out repository. string The name of the scale-out repository. string The description of the scale-out repository."
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# VBRScaleOutBackupRepository

Contains scale-out backup repository.

## Properties

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th style="height:19px;">
      <p>Property</p>
    </th>
    <th style="height:19px;">
      <p>Type</p>
    </th>
    <th style="height:19px;">
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Id</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>GUID</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Unique identifier of the scale-out repository.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>string</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>The name of the scale-out repository.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Description</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>string</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>The description of the scale-out repository.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">PolicyType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p><a href="enums.md#VBRScaleOutBackupRepositoryPolicyType" class="T_Filenames">VBRScaleOutBackupRepositoryPolicyType</a></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Scale-out backup repository policy.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Extent</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p><a href="vbrrepositoryextent.md" class="T_Filenames">VBRRepositoryExtent</a></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>The list of extents added to the scale-out repository.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">UsePerVMBackupFiles</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>bool</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Indicates if each VM in a job targeted to this repository will be stored as a separate chain of files (full backups and increments).</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">PerformFullWhenExtentOffline</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>bool</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Indicates if the jobs targeted to this repository will create an active full backup if the extent with previous backup file is offline.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Related Commands

[Scale-Out Backup Repositories](scale_out_repository.md)