Get-WBBackupTarget
Gets backup storage locations that you specified as part of a backup policy.
Syntax
Default (Default)
Get-WBBackupTarget
[-Policy] <WBPolicy>
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-WBBackupTarget cmdlet gets backup storage locations that you specified for a WBPolicy object that contains a backup policy. Valid locations include disks, volumes, or remote shared folders. To view the list of all online disks, use the Get-WBDisk cmdlet.
You can add the locations that the cmdlet returns to a WBPolicy object by specifying them as backup storage locations to the New-WBBackupTarget cmdlet.
To use this cmdlet, you must be a member of the Administrators group or Backup Operators group.
Examples
Example 1: Get a list of backup targets
PS C:\> $Policy = Get-WBPolicy
PS C:\> Get-WBBackupTarget -Policy $Policy
This example gets a list of the storage backup locations from a backup policy.
The first command gets the current backup policy and stores it in a variable named $Policy.
The second command gets the list of storage backup locations from the WBPolicy object that is stored in the $Policy variable.
Parameters
-Policy
Specifies a backup policy object for which this cmdlet displays information.
Parameter properties
| Type: | WBPolicy |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | InPolicy |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 0 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| 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.