Change job description field via powershell

[pizzim13]

Is it possible to change the description field of a job via powershell. Currently, I see it as read only.

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PS C:\> $(Get-VBRJob)[0].description = "test"
"Description" is a ReadOnly property.
At line:1 char:18
+ $(Get-VBRJob)[0]. <<<< description = "test"
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException

[Sethbartlett]

I am currently looking into a way to see if this is doable or how we can get this done for you.

[Sethbartlett]

The way to do this is a little odd...but what you can do is the following:

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$job = Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.name -eq "JobName"}
$job.info.Update("jobname", "description")
[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::Update($job.info)


$Job.Info.Update requires 2 arguments, the jobname and the description. This will allow you to set the job description and change the job name of your job.

This means if you want to just change the description, that line would be

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$job.info.update($job.Name, "Description text")


[Gostev]

What a dirty hack Seth this is not really a supported way, for example changing the job name this way can screw up a lot of things.
Right now there is no supported way to set description through API (use the above at your own risk), but I've asked to add this to v6.

[Sethbartlett]

Completely agreed, I would never use this to change the name of a job Powershell is a little too powerful and lets you have duplicates names with your jobs, which is a no no

[Andreas Neufert]

@Gostev Hi Anton, I can´t find it in v6. Do you have an idea where to find this? Need this for a customer. Thanks in advance ... CU Andy

[chrmol]

Is it possible to change the content of "description" field in powershell with Veeam 6.5 (in a supported way ) ?