Powershell to set "Append to the existing attribute's value"

[lightsout]

Hey All,

So using Set-VBRJobAdvancedViOptions I can set which attribute to send Veeam's info to:

http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/p ... tions.html

Using the -VmAttributeName & -SetResultsToVmAttribute. So the "Append to the existing attribute's value" is a new feature of v8 and I want to turn it off, as all my jobs have it on by default.

Does anyone know how to change it? I don't see a way using Set-VBRJobAdvancedViOptions.

Thanks!

[veremin]

You can disable that option, using the script provided below:

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Name of your backup Job"
$Options = $Job.Getoptions()
$Options.ViSourceOptions.VmNotesAppend = $False
$Job.SetOptions($Options)

Thanks.

[lightsout]

That did it, thanks a lot!

Just some feedback, I do find it hard to browse the Powershell reference library to find what I want. So a "dummy's guide" for how to change each switch in PowerShell would be kinda cool.

[veremin]

There are numerous properties and methods existing inside our PS objects. So, it would be rather hard to enumerate them all. What I typically recommend is to assign this or that particular object to a variable, and use Get-Member commandlet to discover available properties.

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Name of your Job"
$Job | Get-Member

Thanks.

[A1ex]

Hi All.

Convenient way to explore job options is type "$job.Options." and press Tab button

For example output of $job.Options.ViSourceOptions command

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EncryptLanTraffic         : False
FailoverToNetworkMode     : False
VCBMode                   : san
VDDKMode                  : san;nbd
UseChangeTracking         : True
EnableChangeTracking      : True
VMToolsQuiesce            : False
VmAttributeName           : Notes
BackupTemplates           : True
ExcludeSwapFile           : True
DirtyBlocksNullingEnabled : True
BackupTemplatesOnce       : True
SetResultsToVmNotes       : False
VmNotesAppend             : True

After you'll know options you need, you could modify several backup jobs, one by one:

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#add veeam pssnapin if needed
if (Get-PSSnapin | findstr 'VeeamPSSnapin') {Write-Host 'ok'} else {Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin}

# set backup jobs list
$jobs = Get-VBRJob -Name '*test*'

# for each job do needed things
foreach ($job in $jobs)
{
$Options = $Job.Getoptions()
$Options.ViSourceOptions.VmNotesAppend = $false
$Options.ViSourceOptions.VmAttributeName = 'veeam'
$Options.ViSourceOptions.SetResultsToVmNotes = $true
$Job.SetOptions($Options)
}

Hope it helps.

[tdewin]

Here is a dump of the job options
https://github.com/VeeamHub/powershell/ ... Options.md