Build Jobs Based on vSphere Tags

[swendel]

(Veeam Backup 7)

I'm trying to automatically build jobs based on vSphere tags. So far, I can build the job using the following PowerCLI and Veeam PSS combo:

$backupobjects = Get-VM -Tag Level1
Add-VBRViBackupJob -Name <JobName> -BackupRepository <Repository> -Entity (Find-VBRViEntity -Name $backupobjects)

This builds the job with every VM that has the tag "Level1"

What I haven't been able to figure out is the code to remove/exclude (removing would be better) the VMs from the job at a later time. This would be so you can "repopulate" the job, removing any VMs that no longer have the tag, but preserving using the same VBK.

I tried a similar combo:

$oldbackupobjects = Get-VBRJobObject -Job <JobName> | fl "Name"
Get-VBRJob -Name <JobName> | Get-VBRJobObject -Name $oldbackupobjects | Remove-VBRJobObject

This doesn't give an error, but it doesn't do anything either.

If I do:

Get-VBRJob -Name <JobName> | Get-VBRJobObject -<VMName> | Remove-VBRJobObject

it will exclude the VM from the job.

Any help would be appreciated.

[veremin]

$oldbackupobjects = Get-VBRJobObject -Job <JobName> | fl "Name"
Get-VBRJob -Name <JobName> | Get-VBRJobObject -Name $oldbackupobjects | Remove-VBRJobObject

Not sure why you need to repeat the first step (Get-VBRJobObject) second time. Wouldn't it be easier to combine two strings to simple one liner:

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Get-VBRJobObject -Job <JobName> | Remove-VBRJobObject

In order to remove the object from the job, not just exclude it, you should use -Completely switch:

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Get-VBRJobObject -Job <JobName> | Remove-VBRJobObject -Completely

Thanks.