Powershell command to Manage VSS (Application Aware) Options for Backup Job

[Crashinit]

Hi All,

I am having some difficulty with Managing some settings via Powershell for a VMware Backup Job.

My Backup Job contains a VM Folder that targets all machines in this folder.
I have been able to configured the VSS Options (Disable VSS Processing) for this Object within the backup with Powershell.
The Difficulty i'm having is to Add a New Object of Type TAG which will Enable VSS Processing with specific settings.

Any Help will be appreciated.

[HannesK]

Hello,
just to clarify: you have a backup job that points to a VCenter folder. To that job, you like to add more VMs by VMware tag.

Question: the "OR" or the "AND" tag?

Is it correct that it should look like screenshot this in the end?


For others to be able to help you, it would be useful if you could post the existing code.

Best regards,
Hannes
PS: I moved your post to the PowerShell forum

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Craig,

Is this what you are looking for?

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$job = Get-VBRJob -Name 'Backup Job'
$tag = Find-VBRViEntity -Server servername -Name 'TagName' -Tags
Add-VBRViJobObject -Job $job -Entities $tag

Thanks,
Oleg

[grigatkis]

Mayhaps this topic will help you? VSS Options and Credentials for child objects

To echo what's written there:

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$job = Get-VBRJob -Name <Job_Name>
$vm = Get-VBRViEntity -Name <VM_Name>
Add-VBRViJobObject -Job $job -Entities $vm
$newoij = Get-VBRJobObject -Job $Job -Name $vm.Name
$newoij.Info.Type = [Veeam.Backup.Model.CDbObjectInJobInfo+EType]::VssChild
$newoij.VssOptions.Enabled = $false
Set-VBRJobObjectVssOptions -Object $newoij -Options $newoij.VssOptions