Powershell Command to "Map Backup" option

[smurugun]

Dear Team,

i was trying to automate the mapping the existing backup chain to the backup job after importing from the Repository. i didn't find the powershell command reference for the same.

Please help me on this.

[jhoughes]

There is not an official PowerShell cmdlet for this function, but it can be done with an unsupported method:

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$SourceBackup = Get-VBRBackup -Name 'SourceBackup'
$BackupJob = Get-VBRJob -Name 'Powershell'
$SourceBackup.Update($BackupJob)

[smurugun]

Thank you so much Jhoughes. it is working fine.

[PeterStam]

Hi There,

Is it already possible to change the target repository with powershell of a backup job without the need to clone it first? I just want to change the repository when the files already exists on the new target repository.

Regards,
Peter

[Egor Yakovlev]

Hi Peter, you are looking for Map Backup option with PowerShell. Please check out answer above.
/Cheers!

[PeterStam]

Hello Egor,
No i'm not (think so?). I need to change the target repository of a job. How do I specify the target repository then? So from the GUI perspective, the drop down list to select the storage target repository needs to be changed. (please unmerge the post)

I could do a copy-vbrjob, specify the new repository (files copied in advance), remove the old job and rename the copied job to the original name. This seems a little overdone...

Regards,
Peter

[jhoughes]

The job must be cloned while setting the new backup repository.

[PeterStam]

thought so....thanks