{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
  "title": "Hyper-V Backup Script Settings",
  "description": "Configuration file for hyper-v-backup.ps1 script",
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "lastModified": "2026-01-26",
  "schedule": {
    "runMonth": [],
    "runWeekday": ["Monday"],
    "runTime": ["00:00"],
    "minIntervalMinutes": 10
  },
  "backupRoot": "\\\\nassrv0001.corp.maks-it.com\\data-1",
  "credentialEnvVar": "nassrv0001",
  "tempExportRoot": "D:\\Temp\\HyperVExport",
  "retentionCount": 3,
  "excludeVMs": ["nassrv0002"],
  "_comments": {
    "version": "Configuration schema version",
    "lastModified": "Last modification date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
    "schedule": {
      "runMonth": "Array of month names (e.g. 'January', 'June', 'December') to run backup. Empty array = every month.",
      "runWeekday": "Array of weekday names (e.g. 'Monday', 'Friday') to run backup. Empty array = every day.",
      "runTime": "Array of UTC times in HH:mm format when backup should run.",
      "minIntervalMinutes": "Minimum minutes between backup runs to prevent duplicate executions."
    },
    "backupRoot": "UNC path or local path to backup root directory. Hostname will be appended automatically.",
    "credentialEnvVar": "Name of Machine-level environment variable containing Base64-encoded 'username:password'",
    "tempExportRoot": "Local directory for temporary VM exports. Space is checked dynamically per VM (1.5x VM size).",
    "retentionCount": "Number of backup generations to keep (1-365). Older backups are automatically deleted.",
    "excludeVMs": "Array of VM names to exclude from backup process"
  }
}