Remove deleted item data after xx days

[matteu]

Hello,

How is it possible to configure this option on a backup copy job ?
I don't find the option on the Add/ Set-VBRBackupCopyJob cmdlet

Thanks

[oleg.feoktistov]

matteu,

Looks like we missed it for Add/Set-VBRBackupCopyjob cmdlets. Adding a requirement for vNext.
Thanks for noticing it.

Best regards,
Oleg

[matteu]

Thanks for your answer.
Could you maybe provide an "unsupported" way to do it waiting vNext ?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Unsupported workarounds wouldn't work here either as most of the methods for backup copy jobs are private.

[matteu]

OK.
Thanks for your answer

[masonit]

Hi!

Looking in v13. Still not possible to set this option with ps?

\M

[david.domask]

Hi masonit,

Looks like this didn't make it on v13 release.

For a supported option, consider including REST API calls in your scripts, as the v13 REST API includes support for Backup Copy Jobs and specifically the deleted item retention.

For an unsupported method, you can use the following unsupported method:

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$bcj = Get-VBRBackupCopyJob -Name "name of job"
$job = Get-VBRJob | Where-Object {$_.Id -eq $bcj.id} #This will produce a warning about deprecated use of Get-VBRJob -- you can suppress with -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
$job.Options.GenerationPolicy.EnableDeletedVmDataRetention = $true
$job.Options.GenerationPolicy.DeletedVmsDataRetentionPeriodDays = "60"
$job.Update()

Above code will enable Deleted Machine Retention and set the Deleted Machine Retention period to 60.

However, I strongly recommend incorporate some REST code into your script to handle the Backup Copy jobs for now.