Start-VBRFailoverPlan - Veeam Backup PowerShell Reference

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
FailoverPlan	Specifies the array of failover plans you want to start.	Accepts the VBRFailoverPlan or VBRCloudFailoverPlan objects. To get these objects, run the Get-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)
FromDate	Use this parameter to fail over to a particular restore point. Specifies the date and time to which you want to fail over. Veeam Backup & Replication will find a restore point closest to this moment. If omitted, Veeam Backup & Replication will fail over to the latest restore point.	DateTime	False	Named	False
Wait	Use this parameter to manage starting multiple failover processes. If you provide this parameter, the next failover process will wait for the previous to end.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Force	Used for cloud failovers to start full failover after the user's site is already partially failed over to cloud replicas. If you provide this parameter, the cmdlet turns off the user appliance without notifying the user. Otherwise, the cmdlet will display a warning.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
KeepAliveDuration	Specifies a timeout in minutes for a CDP replicas failover test. The CDP replica will be active during this period of time. Note: Consider the following: You must use the Test parameter. To stop the failover testing beforehand, run the Undo-VBRFailoverPlan.	Int32	False	Named	False
Test	Defines that the failover runs in test mode.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False

This command starts failover process by the MS Exchange Group Failover failover plan. The VMs in the failover group are failed over to the latest restore point.

Get-VBRFailoverPlan -Name "MS Exchange Group Failover" | Start-VBRFailoverPlan

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value.
Pipe the cmdlet output to the Start-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet.

This example shows how to start failover process by the MS Exchange Group Failover failover plan. The VMs in the failover group are failed over to the latest restore point.

$MSExchangeGroup = Get-VBRFailoverPlan -Name "MS Exchange Group Failover"

Start-VBRFailoverPlan -FailoverPlan $MSExchangeGroup

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $MSExchangeGroup variable.
Run the Start-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet. Set the $MSExchangeGroup variable as the FailoverPlan parameter value.

This example shows how to start failover processes by the MS Exchange Group Failover and SQLServers Group Failover failover plans. The VMs are failed over to a week ago state. The VM groups are failed over one by one.

$date = Get-Date

Get-VBRFailoverPlan -Name "MS Exchange Group Failover", "SQLServers Group Failover" | Start-VBRFailoverPlan -FromDate $date.AddDays(-7) -Wait

Perform the following steps:

The date is obtained with the Get-Date command. Save it to the $date variable.
Run the Get-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value.
Pipe the cmdlet output to the Start-VBRFailoverPlan cmdlet. Set the $date variable as the FromDate parameter value. Provide the Wait parameter.