Change Retention Policy of a job using PS

[klicktechuser]

Hi guys,

Has anyone ever needed to change the retention policy of a job (increase, decrease restore points) using a PowerShell script?

I need to increase the restore points on jobs A,B,C before I run job D. (to ensure no merge occur while job D runs)
Then I need to decrease the policies back to normal once job D finishes so incremental will then get merged... Sounds simple?

I was advised by a Veeam Integration Specialist that this was doable using PS but he was only able to point me to this forum as opposed to actually provide assistance..

Please advise!

[veremin]

Then I need to decrease the policies back to normal once job D finishes so incremental will then get merged

Merge is a part of job execution process. So, unless you run jobs A, B and C after D finishes, no merge will happen.

Thought it might be worth clarifying that before we dig deep into scripting.

Thanks.