Two *-VBRViReplicaJob cmdlets -suffix issue

[snzhang2]

Hi,

I want to create a Replication job that has the suffix set to blank. The two cmdlet *-VBRViReplicaJob (Add- and Set-) doesn't accept empty string or null argument for the -suffix argument. But this is exactly what I want to do. Is there work-around this? This can be done through the GUI, so why put this restriction in the cmdlets?

Thanks,
Nan

[veremin]

Have you tried to input space between quotes? I think this way a blank suffix will be created:

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Name of your replication job"
Set-VBRViReplicaJob -Job $Job -Suffix " "

Thanks.

[snzhang2]

Thanks! The suggestion worked. And thanks for the code.

It is not intuitive. I am wondering if you can pass this quirk to writers of cmdlets to remove that restriction from the -suffix parameter in future releases.

[veremin]

The information has been provided to dev team. For now, kindly, leverage the proposed workaround. Thanks.

[GabesVirtualWorld]

Hi
Trying to create replica jobs between datacenters, but in the new datacenter I don't want any suffix on the VM. I can set this through the GUI to a blank value, but the Powershell command doesn't accept the -Suffix value to be an empty string.

Anyway to fix this?

Gabrie

[tsightler]

You can manually update the job settings using Set-VBRJobOptions immediately after creating the new job. Crude example:

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$newrepljob = Find-VBRViEntity -Name "dc01" | Add-VBRViReplicaJob -Name "DC Replication Job" -Server $server -Datastore $datastore -ResourcePool $resourcepool -Folder $folder -Description "DC server replication"
$newrepljob.ViReplicaTargetOptions.ReplicaNameSuffix = $null
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $newrepljob -Options $newrepljob.Options

[veremin]

but the Powershell command doesn't accept the -Suffix value to be an empty string.

Setting a space between two quotes should be a way to go. Thanks.