Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover

Short Description

Fails over corrupted Hyper-V VMs to their replicas.

Applies to

Platform: Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

Perform failover.

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover -RestorePoint <COib> [-Reason <string>] [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]

Perform permanent failover.

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover -RestorePoint <COib> [-Reason <string>] [-RunAsync] [-Definite] [<CommonParameters>]

Perform planned failover.

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover -RestorePoint <COib> [-Reason <string>] [-RunAsync] [-Planned] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet fails over a corrupted Hyper-V VM to its successfully created replica.

This cmdlet provides 3 parameter sets for the following operations:

Failover
Permanent failover
Planned failover

Run the Start-VBRHvReplicaFailback cmdlet to fail back to the original VM.

Run the Stop-VBRReplicaFailover cmdlet to undo failover. You can also undo planned failover.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
RestorePoint	Specifies the replica restore point to which you want to fail over.	Accepts the COib object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet.	True	1	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)
Reason	Specifies the reason for performing a failover.	String	False	Named	False
RunAsync	Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Definite	Defines that the failover is permanent.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Planned	Defines that the failover is planned.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

None.

Examples

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover Example 1. Performing Planned Failover to VM Replica

This example shows how to perform failover to the Hyper-V WebServer VM replica.

$restorepoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "Hyper-V WebServer"

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover -RestorePoint $restorepoint[1] -Reason "Data recovery" -RunAsync -Planned

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $restorepoint variable.
Run the Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $restorepoint variable as the RestorePoint parameter value.

The Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet will return an array of restore points. Consider that the array numbering starts with 0. In our example, the second restore point is used.

Specify the Reason parameter value.
Provide the RunAsync parameter.
Provide the Planned parameter.

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover Example 2. Performing Permanent Failover to VM Replica

This example shows how to perform failover to the Hyper-V WebServer VM replica.

$restorepoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "Hyper-V WebServer"

Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover -RestorePoint $restorepoint[3] -Reason "Data recovery" -RunAsync -Definite

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $restorepoint variable.
Run the Start-VBRHvReplicaFailover cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $restorepoint variable as the RestorePoint parameter value.

The Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet will return an array of restore points. Consider that the array numbering starts with 0. In our example, the fourth restore point is used.

Specify the Reason parameter value.
Provide the RunAsync parameter.
Provide the Definite parameter.

Related Commands

Get-VBRRestorePoint