Veeam Powershell Toolkit: Changing the Processing Mode

Before I start with the actual post I want to start with a little tip. Before you can run Veeam Powershell Toolkit scripts, you need to add the VeeamPSSnapin. You can do this via the following code:

if((Get-PSSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
    Add-PSSnapin "VeeamPSSnapIn" 
}

So now you’re able to load the snapin, you can run your Veeam Powershell Toolkit scripts. In this post I want to show how to change the Processing Mode. You probably know the three modes:

You can find the Processing Mode options via the following Powershell script:

$vbrjobname = "Production"
$vbrjob = Get-VBRJob | Where {$_.Name -eq $vbrjobname}
$vbrjob.Info.Options.VDDKMode

So now you know which modes there are, but how do you change this option with Powershell? Well you can do this with the next script:

if((Get-PSSnapin -Name VeeamPSSnapIn -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
    Add-PSSnapin "VeeamPSSnapIn" 
}

$vbrjobname = "Production"
$vbrjob = Get-VBRJob | Where {$_.Name -eq $vbrjobname}
$DirectSAN = "san;nbd"
$VirtualAppliance = "hotadd;nbd"
$Network = "nbd"

$mode = $VirtualAppliance

if($vbrjob.info.options.VDDKMode -ne $mode){
    $vddk = $vbrjob.GetOptions()
    $vddk.VDDKMode = $mode
    $vbrjob.SetOptions($vddk)
    Write-Host "VDDK mode changed to $mode" -ForegroundColor Green
}
else{
    Write-Host "Nothing to change" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

Just save the script and change the $mode parameter to the option you want to use. The script will give you the following output: