Set-VBRJobOptoins updating RetainCycles

[efd121]

I'm attempting to set the number of retentions on a Backup Copy job to the same value as the Backup job but I'm having dificulty with the Set-VBRJobOptions
The section of code below runs without any errors but the # of restore points is not updated from the default of 7
I added the Write-Host line to confirm it should be changing the value to 14.

Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?

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# Find # of restore points in Backup Job then update BCJob with same # retentions
$tmpJob = Get-VBRJob -Name "TestJob1"
$RestorePoints = $tmpJob.Options.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles
$JobOptions = "BCTestJob1" | Get-VBRJobOptions
$JobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = $RestorePoints
Write-Host "JobOptions=" $JobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles -ForegroundColor Yellow
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job "BCTestJob1" -Options $JobOptions

[efd121]

I have been doing some more research on this and I think I have found why it appears my script was not running.

It appears that Options.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles is the value used for the number of restore points for Backup Jobs

And GenerationPolicy.SimpleRetentionRestorePoints is used for Backup Copy Jobs

Can anyone confirm my results?

Dave

[veremin]

Can anyone confirm my results?

Correct. The retention setting of backup copy job are present in GenerationPolicy parameters' group. Thanks.