PowerProtect Data Manager 19.15 Microsoft Exchange Server User Guide

Import the configuration parameters to an object that you can use to perform operations such as backups, listing backups, mounting backups, and restores by using the corresponding cmdlets.

Use the following syntax to import the configuration file parameters with the Import-ExchangeBackupConfigFile cmdlet:

<object> = Import-ExchangeBackupConfigFile [-Backup [<switch_parameter>]] [-Configfile <configuration_file_pathname>] [-Identity [<database_identity>]] [-Restore <switch_parameter>] [<common_parameters>]

where:

<object>

Specifies the object that contains the configuration parameters to use with other cmdlets.

-Backup

Specifies that the configuration parameters needed to perform the backup using the Backup-Exchange cmdlet will be imported. This parameter applies only to the PowerProtect Data Manager integrated backup workflows for self-service backups.

-Configfile

This parameter is only used for restores of existing backups of an imported stand-alone deployment. Do not use this parameter for the PowerProtect Data Manager backups and restores. This parameter specifies that the configuration parameters will be imported from the user-specified configuration file, which was used for the existing backups of the imported deployment. Existing backups are Microsoft application agent backups that were performed before integrating the application agent with the PowerProtect Data Manager and before adding an asset to a PowerProtect Data Manager protection policy. Specify the pathname of the configuration file with this parameter.

-Identity

This optional parameter is only used with the -Backup parameter. This parameter specifies that the configuration parameters needed to perform the backup of the specified database using the Backup-Exchange cmdlet will be imported. Specify the database identity with this parameter.

-Restore

Specifies that the configuration parameters needed to list, mount, and restore the backups will be imported. This parameter applies to the PowerProtect Data Manager integrated backup workflows for both self-service and centralized backups.

<common_parameters>

Specifies any combination of the following common PowerShell parameters:

• Verbose
• Debug
• ErrorAction
• ErrorVariable
• WarningAction
• WarningVariable
• OutBuffer
• PipelineVariable
• OutVariable

The following Microsoft article provides information about the common PowerShell parameters:

about_CommonParameters

To obtain the full help information about the cmdlet, run the following command:

help Import-ExchangeBackupConfigFile  -full