how to change number of restore points

[SmithJohn]

how to change number of restore points to be kept for a new job or an existing job through powershell ?

[veremin]

Hi, Charles, it can be done via Get/SetOptions method.

For instance, the following example will set 18 as a number of restore points the backup job keeps:

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Name of backup job"
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = 18
$Job.SetOptions($Options)

Thanks.

[LarsWulf]

Hi everybody,

I was facing a similar problem. I needed to change the amount of restore points for all my 42 jobs. So I found the code from Vladimir and extended it with a Prompt for the amount of Restore Points and a loop for all jobs. Maybe this helps somebody else who needs to change the restore points for all his jobs.

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# Set desired Amount of Restore Points
param ([parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$RestorePoints)
#
$Jobs = Get-VBRJob
ForEach ($Job in $Jobs)
{
	$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
	$Options.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = $RestorePoints
	$Job.SetOptions($Options)
}

Regards
Lars

[emmoon1981]

I was wondering if there is a powershell CMDlet to set the number of "Restore point to keep on disk" for specific job/all jobs.
Thanks

[Vitaliy S.]

Try to use the script example provided above.

[mjplakus]

For the current Powershell addin the script needs to be modified slightly.

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# Set desired Amount of Restore Points
param ([parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$RestorePoints)
#
$Jobs = Get-VBRJob
ForEach ($Job in $Jobs)
{
	$Options = Get-VBRJobOptions $Job
    $Options.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = $RestorePoints
    Set-VBRJobOptions $Job $Options
}