Get-WBVssBackupOption
Gets a VSS setting from the backup policy.
Syntax
Default (Default)
Get-WBVssBackupOption
[-Policy] <WBPolicy>
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-WBVSSBackupOption cmdlet gets a setting that determines whether the backups created through the WBPolicy object are Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) copy backups or VSS full backups. For more information about VSS copy backups and VSS full backups, or to change this setting, refer to the Set-WBVssBackupOption cmdlet.
To use this cmdlet, you must be a member of the Administrators group or Backup Operators group.
Examples
Example 1: Get the VSS setting from the backup policy
PS C:\> $Policy = Get-WBPolicy
PS C:\> Get-WBVssBackupOption -Policy $Policy
This example gets the VSS setting, either VssCopyBackup or VssFullBackup.
The first command stores the result of the Get-WBPolicy cmdlet in the variable named $Policy.
The second command gets the VSS setting from the variable $Policy.
Parameters
-Policy
Specifies the WBPolicy object that this cmdlet gets.
Parameter properties
| Type: | WBPolicy |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 0 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.