Modify the repeat time of replicas

[jmcelvoy]

In working with Veeam support, I need to back off how frequently I have my replica jobs running. Right now they run ever 1-2 hours. I'd like to start with every 4 hours to see if it improves performance. I can see in ScheduleOptions there are options for RepeatNumber and RepeatTimeUnit. I think I simply need to modify the RepeatNumber for all my jobs. The tech I was on the phone with couldn't quickly figure it out so I figured I'd ask here. How can I modify all replica jobs to repeat ever 4 hours?

[veremin]

Hi, Jason.

In the way I see it, the following script should answer your requirements:

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asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$Job = Get-VBrJob -name "Name of replication Job"
$ScheduleOptions = $Job.GetScheduleOptions()
$ScheduleOptions.OptionsPeriodically.FullPeriod = "240"
Set-VBRJobScheduleOptions -Job $Job -Options $ScheduleOptions 

Or you're willing to modify the settings of every replication job you have in your environment?

Thanks.

[jmcelvoy]

Thanks, that does work.
If I wanted to do every replication job at the same time, how would I achieve that? I took out the -name part of the script and placed a * in there and for some reason it changed 1 random job. Can you not use wildcards?

[tsightler]

If you try to do that then $Jobs will hold and array of job objects so whichever one was first in the list will be the one changed. To change all of them you'd need to add a loop to cycle through every job in the array, something like this (untested, but I think it's right):

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asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$Jobs = Get-VBRJob -Name "*"
for ($Job in $Jobs) {
   $ScheduleOptions = $Job.GetScheduleOptions()
   $ScheduleOptions.OptionsPeriodically.FullPeriod = "240"
   Set-VBRJobScheduleOptions -Job $Job -Options $ScheduleOptions
}

[jmcelvoy]

Thanks. Just what I needed.

[veremin]

I believe, the missing part is that script provided above doesn’t have any distinguishing mechanism between replication and backup jobs. In other words, it does change settings of both backup and replication jobs. So, if you’re willing to apply changes only to replication ones, you should change the script slightly:

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asnp VeeamPSSnapin
Foreach ($Job in (Get-VBRJob | where {$_.Jobtype -eq "Replica"}))
{
   $ScheduleOptions = $Job.GetScheduleOptions()
   $ScheduleOptions.OptionsPeriodically.FullPeriod = "240"
   Set-VBRJobScheduleOptions -Job $Job -Options $ScheduleOptions
} 

Hope this helps.
Thanks.