copy a backup job

[NT29]

hey
i want to use my weekly job to create a monthly job, so i wanted to copy the job and modify the new, but i didn't found an option to do that

nicolas

[Vitaliy S.]

Unfortunately, you cannot re-use existing jobs as a template for creating new jobs, you need to configure a new one. Thanks!

[NT29]

thanks for the reply

[Gostev]

Note for future readers, v6 will provide the job cloning capability.

[ThomasMc]

v5 Sort of does already via the Copy-VBRJob does it not?

Something like this should work

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$job = Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.name -eq "Test Job"}
Copy-VBRJob -job $job
$newjob = Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.name -eq $job.name + " Copy"} 
$vbrserver = Get-VBRServer | Where {$_.Type -eq "VC"}
Add-VBRJobObject -Job $newjob -Server $vbrserver -Object "VMToAdd"

[ThomasMc]

I've been having a mess about with the Copy-VBRJob but it only partially works, seems to copy everything apart from the jobobjects after throwing an error about a folder not found

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Get-VBRJob | Where {$_.Name -eq "Test Job"} | Copy-VBRJob

[NT29]

thanks for your answer
i finally create a new

[Sethbartlett]

Thomas, you are correct that it copies all the settings but does not copy the objects with it. Some older folder-id information seems to be in the code:)

[ThomasMc]

Thanks Seth, suppose we could do this to copy it properly until its fixed

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Add-PsSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn

$uinput = Read-Host "Enter Job Name"

function addjo{
  Param ([string]$vmname)
  $newjob =  Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.name -eq $uinput + " Copy"}
  $vbrserver = Get-VBRServer | Where {$_.Type -eq "VC"}
  Add-VBRJobObject -Job $newjob -Server $vbrserver -Object $vmname
}

Get-VBRJob | Where {$_.Name -eq $uinput} | Copy-VBRJob -erroraction silentlycontinue
Get-VBRJob | Where {$_.Name -eq $uinput} | Get-VBRJobObject | ForEach-Object {addjo $_.name}