Start-DPMCloudRegistration

Registers a DPM server with Windows Azure Online Backup service to enable online protection features.

Parameter Set: Default
Start-DPMCloudRegistration [[-DPMServerName] <String> ] [-Credential] <PSCredential> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

The Start-DPMCloudRegistration cmdlet registers a System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM) server with Windows Azure Online Backup service to enable online protection features.

Specifies the user name and password for the administrator account of the Windows Azure Online Backup subscription.

Specifies the name of the DPM server.

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

This example registers a DPM server with Windows Azure Online Backup.

The first command converts the string myPassword to a secure string and assigns the secure string to the variable named $Secpasswd.

The second command creates a new PSCredential object from the username sjones@contoso.com and the secure password in $Secpasswd, then assigns the object to the variable named $Mycreds.

The third command registers the DPM server TestingServer with Windows Azure Online Backup service by using the credential in $Mycreds.

PS C:\> $Secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString "myPassword" -AsPlainText -Force
PS C:\> $Mycreds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("sjones@contoso.com", $Secpasswd)
PS C:\> Start-DPMCloudRegistration -DPMServerName "TestingServer" -Credential $Mycreds

Start-DPMCloudUnregistration