Stop-VBRReplicaFailover

Short Description

Undoes replica failover.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Stop-VBRReplicaFailover [-RestorePoint] <COib> [-RunAsync] [-Force] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet undoes the replica failover. This cmdlet finalizes the replica failover started with the Start-VBRViReplicaFailover cmdlet.

Run the Start-VBRViReplicaFailback cmdlet to fail back to the VMware production VM.

Run the Start-VBRHvReplicaFailback cmdlet to fail back to the Hyper-V production VM.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

RestorePoint

Specifies the restore point of the production VM to recover to.

Accepts the COib object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet.

True

1

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

RunAsync

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

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

Force

Defines that the replica job starts running without waiting for the target host to power off. Otherwise the replica job will start only after the target host is powered off.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

WhatIf

Defines that the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

Confirm

Defines that the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

None.

Examples

Stop-VBRReplicaFailoverExample 1. Stopping Failover [Using Pipeline]

This command stops failover process by reverting to the production VM.

Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "WebServer_replica" | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1 | Stop-VBRReplicaFailover -Reason "Configuration recovery" -RunAsync -Force

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Filter the restore points with the Sort-Object method by the creationtime property to get the most recent one.
  2. Pipe the cmdlet output to the Stop-VBRReplicaFailover cmdlet. Specify the Reason parameter value. Provide the RunAsync and Force parameters.

Stop-VBRReplicaFailoverExample 2. Stopping Failover [Using Variable]

This command stops failover process by reverting to the production VM.

$WebServer_replica_restorepoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "WebServer_replica"

Stop-VBRReplicaFailover -RestorePoint $WebServer_replica_restorepoint[1] -Reason "Data recovery" -RunAsync

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $WebServer_replica_restorepoint variable.
  2. Run the Stop-VBRReplicaFailover cmdlet. Specify the following settings:
  • Set the $WebServer_replica_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.

Related Commands

Get-VBRRestorePoint