Need to change Job Backup Repository

[h.amer]

I will be thanks If you can support me to change all Jobs Backup Repository without cloning the jobs.
I have both Vmware backup & Windows Agent Backup Jobs.

Another thing to change the description of all Jobs one time

Veeam Version: 10.0.0.4461 P2

[HannesK]

Hello,
and welcome to the forum.

To change the backup repository, you need to move the backups first. That's pretty complex with PowerShell (you posted in the PowerShell forum). https://www.veeam.com/kb1729

Are you sure, that you want to solve that problem with PowerShell instead of doing it manually? How many VMs / Jobs / Agents to you have?

Description: post289260.html#p289260 should help.

Best regards,
Hannes

[h.amer]

I know, already all backups moved to the new storage location. I need now just to change the value of the backup repository for each job.
For example old ip 1.1.1.1 and new is 2.2.2.2 and to change description for all

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Hazem,

Which job types do you mean? The ways to set this may vary depending on the job type.

Thanks,
Oleg

[h.amer]

I have 2 types of backup jobs
1- Vmware backup
2- Windows Agent Backup

I need to change backup repository name and description for each job (I already moved backup files to the new repository)

[oleg.feoktistov]

For Vmware backup job - there is no direct way to do that, but see the method suggested in this thread.

For Windows agent backup job - it's quite simple if it comes to windows agent jobs managed by VBR:

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$repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name 'Backup Repo'
$job = Get-VBRComputerBackupJob -Name ' Windows Agent Job'
Set-VBRComputerBackupJob -Job $job -Description "Description here" -BackupRepository $repo 

Thanks,
Oleg

[h.amer]

And if i need do it for all one time,
Can you help me in this?

[oleg.feoktistov]

Sure, just loop over each job and perform necessary actions.
For VMware backup jobs:

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$repository = Get-VBRBackupRepository "Backup Repo"
$jobs = Get-VBRJob | where {$_.TypeToString -eq "VMware Backup"}
foreach ($job in $jobs) {
   Copy-VBRJob -Job $job -Repository $repository -Description "Description here"
}

For Windows agent backup jobs:

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$repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "Backup Repo"
$jobs = Get-VBRComputerBackupJob | where {$_.OSPlatform -eq "Windows"}
foreach ($job in $jobs) {
     Set-VBRComputerBackupJob -Job $job -Description "Description here" -BackupRepository $repo 
}

And if you want custom description for each job, you'll need to compose a txt file with an array of description strings, get contents of this file and then match them with a job by index in a nested loop.

Thanks,
Oleg

[h.amer]

Thanks for your attention and support.