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Start-VBRCapacityTierSync

Short Description

Starts to synchronize data stored on the performance tier with the data on capacity tier.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Start-VBRCapacityTierSync -Repository <VBRScaleOutBackupRepository> [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts to sync data stored on the performance tier with the data on capacity tier.

Start-VBRCapacityTierSync Important!

Mind the following:

You cannot sync data with capacity tier if the performance extents are set to the maintenance mode.
Run Disable-VBRCapacityExtentMaintenanceMode to disable the maintenance mode for the necessary performance extent.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Repository

Specifies a scale-out backup repository. The cmdlet will return the performance extents added to this repository.

Accepts the VBRScaleOutBackupRepository type.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

RunAsync

Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.

False

Named

False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Example

This example shows how to start data sync data on capacity tier.

Run Get-VBRBackupRepository with the ScaleOut parameter to get the scale-out repository with the capacity tier option enabled. Save the result to the $repository variable.
Run Start-VBRCapacityTierSync with the $repository variable.

$repository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -ScaleOut

Start-VBRCapacityTierSync -Repository $repository

Related Commands

Get-VBRBackupRepository