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Performing Instant Recovery of a Hyper-V VM

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This example shows the instant recovery of a Hyper-V VM that will be restored to another location and then migrated to the production site.

// Start the Instant Recovery:

PS C:\PS> $restorepoint = Get-VBRBackup -Name "Active Directory Backup" | Get-VBRRestorePoint | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1

PS C:\PS> $server02 = Get-VBRServer -Name "Hyper-V Host 02"

PS C:\PS> Start-VBRHvInstantRecovery -RestorePoint $restorepoint -Server $server02 -Path "C:\Redo" -PreserveVmID -PowerUp

// Check the recovery session status:

PS C:\PS> $RecoveryAD = Get-VBRInstantRecovery

VM Name Host Status Restore Point Backup Name

------- ---- ------ ------------- -----------

Active ... Hyper-... Mounted 1/13/2015 ... Active Dir...

// Migrate to production site:

PS C:\PS> Start-VBRHvInstantRecoveryMigration -InstantRecovery $RecoveryAD