Powershell Copy Job

[mar41004]

Hi,

I am trying to script a VM Copy Job through powershell. I have manged to change some of the settings using the script below:

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Backup Copy Job Name"
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.generationPolicy.SimpleRetentionRestorePoints = "5"
$Options.generationPolicy.GFSWeeklyBackups = "0"
$Options.generationPolicy.GFSMonthlyBackups = "6"
$Options.generationPolicy.GFSMonthlyBackupsEnabled = "True"
$Options.generationPolicy.WeeklyBackupDayOfWeek = "Friday"
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $Options

Is there any way to enable "keep the following restore points as full backups for archival purposes" and also change the Schedule day for Weekly, Monthly and Yearly to be a Friday?

Thanks

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Markeus and welcome to the R&D forums,

Do you mean settings for agent backup copy jobs or regular ones? Currently, the ways to set these options differ a lot for both.

Thanks,
Oleg

[mar41004]

Hi Oleg,

Thanks for the reply. The copy jobs are for regular ones. We are doing a Backup Copy of a Virtual Machine to our offsite storage so no agents are being used.

Thanks

Markeus

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Markeus,

Got it. Then you are after GFSPolicy property. It's all there:

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$job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'Backup Copy Job 1'
$options = $Job.GetOptions()
$GFS = $options.GFSPolicy
$GFS.IsEnabled = $true
$GFS.Weekly.IsEnabled = $true
$GFS.Weekly.DesiredTime = 'Friday'
$GFS.Weekly.KeepBackupsForNumberOfWeeks = 2
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $job -Options $options 

I'm not sure though what you mean by changing a schedule day to Friday for Monthly and Yearly backups. The day option is available only for Weekly ones.

Thanks,
Oleg