Veeam Backup & Replication : Map proxies to jobs based on [location:mylocation] in description

gist-vbr-proxy-to-job-location-mapping.ps1

asnp veeampssnapin

$reglocation = "\[location:([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\]"


$proxies = Get-VBRViProxy | Group-Object -AsHashTable -AsString -property  { if ($_.description -match $reglocation) { $matches[1].trim() } else { "unspecified" }}
foreach($proxygroup in $proxies.GetEnumerator()) {
    Write-host ("Found location {0} with {1} proxies" -f $proxygroup.Name,$proxygroup.Value.Count)
}

foreach ($job in (get-vbrjob)) {
   if (($job.Description -match $reglocation) -and ($job.SourceType -eq [Veeam.Backup.Model.CDbBackupJobInfo+ESourceType]::VDDK)) {
        $location = $Matches[1].Trim()
        $mproxies = $proxies[$location]
        if ($mproxies.Count -gt 0) {
            $null = $job | Set-VBRJobProxy -Proxy $mproxies
            Write-host ("{0,-40} set to {1}" -f $job.Name,$location)
        } else {
            $null = $job | Set-VBRJobProxy -AutoDetect
            Write-host ("{0,-40} set to auto" -f $job.Name)
        }
   }
}