Change interval time of backup copy job via powershell

[dbr]

Hi all,

I would like to script creation of our backup and backup copy jobs cause of job redesign. I'm struggeling with changing the default interval time from 00:00 to 18:00 in a backup copy job. It's easy for a backup job: Set-VBRJobSchedule -Job <backupjobname> -daily -at 18:00. But I couldn't find a suiteable cmdlet or any other way to set the interval time of a copy job. Set-VBRJobSchedule doesn't seem to work with backup copy jobs.

Error:

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Set-VBRJobSchedule : Specify a backup job
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-VBRJobSchedule -Job se-bc-62 -daily -at 18:00
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-VBRJobSchedule], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.SetVBRJobSchedule

Does anyone know how to change interval time through powershell?

Daniel

[dbr]

I figured out the solution by myself:

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$timespan = new-timespan -hours 18
$joboptions = get-vbrjoboptions -job se-bc-62
$joboptions.GenerationPolicy.SyncIntervalStartTime = $timespan
set-vbrjoboptions -job se-bc-62 -options $joboptions

Thanks.

[shanewendel]

This code doesn't quite work because that isn't the proper settings variable

This is the correct code to change the interval:

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#Ensure the Copy Interval is set to 1 hour
$joboptions = get-vbrjoboptions -job "Backup Copy Job"
$joboptions.GenerationPolicy.RecoveryPointObjectiveUnit = "Hour"
$joboptions.GenerationPolicy.RecoveryPointObjectiveValue = 1
set-vbrjoboptions -job "Backup Copy Job" -options $joboptions

[dbr]

I guess your code works well if you want to change the interval type e.g. from daily to hourly. My original demand was only to set the interval start time to a different time (00:00 to 18:00) while keeping interval type. So my code works as well for interval type daily.

[jbcap]

If you have multiple jobs to set:

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$copyjobs = Get-VBRJob | where TypeToString -match copy
$joboptions = get-vbrjoboptions -job $copyjobs[0]
$joboptions.GenerationPolicy.SyncIntervalStartTime = New-TimeSpan -Hours 01

foreach ($i in $copyjobs) {
    $job = $i.LogNameMainPart
    Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $job -Options $joboptions
}

[csmatthews]

The company I work for has an EOM that changes each month, This month EOM is the 27th next month EOM isn't until November 1st.

I am trying to write a powershell script to update all of my copy jobs "Monthly Backup" Date.


This is what I have, but I can't get it to work for one job so I haven't tried modifying it for multiple jobs.

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -Name "Job Name Here*"
Set-VBRJobSchedule -Job $Job -NumberInMonth OnDay -DayOfMonth 27

Error Message:
Set-VBRJobSchedule : Specify a backup job
At line:18 char:1
+ Set-VBRJobSchedule -Job $Job -NumberInMonth OnDay -DayOfMonth 28
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-VBRJobSchedule], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.SetVBRJobSchedule

When I look at the $Job variable it has the job I searched for with Get-VBRJob. So I am guessing the Set-VBRJobSchedule only works with backups and not backup copy jobs. I haven't been able to find a command from the list to set this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

[Natalia Lupacheva]

Hi Christopher,

thank you for the detailed description of the issue you've faced.
I've moved your post to the existing thread, please take a look at the suggestions here, might give you a hint.

Thanks!

[csmatthews]

I will check out the suggestions here but my problem is different. I want to change the day of month it creates the Monthly back up

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi @csmatthews,

When I look at the $Job variable it has the job I searched for with Get-VBRJob. So I am guessing the Set-VBRJobSchedule only works with backups and not backup copy jobs. I haven't been able to find a command from the list to set this. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not quite sure I got you right, because in terms of backup copy job there are intervals (copy every ... minutes/hours/days) and data transfer window.
The feature you ask for is more relevant to backup jobs. Can you, please, elaborate on what you mean?
Thanks!