---
title: "Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession"
description: "This cmdlet stops a maintenance session. After the maintenance session stops, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 resumes operations on the backup repositories for which this session was started."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/stop-vborepositorymaintenancesession.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > JET-based Backup Repositories and Object Storage Repositories > Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession

## Short Description
Stops maintenance sessions.

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>BySession (Default)</code></p>

```
Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession -Session <VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>BySessionId</code></p>

```
Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession -Id <Guid> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops a maintenance session. After the maintenance session stops, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 resumes operations on the backup repositories for which this session was started.

If you stop a maintenance session that has not entered the `Running` state yet, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 cancels this session. The related sessions that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 was waiting for are not stopped.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Id</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an ID of the maintenance session. The cmdlet will stop the maintenance session with this ID.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Guid</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Session</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a maintenance session. The cmdlet will stop this session.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vborepositorymaintenancesession.md"><code>VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vborepositorymaintenancesession.md"><code>Get-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vborepositorymaintenancesession.md"><code>VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1: Stopping Maintenance Session Started for Specific Backup Repository

This example shows how to stop a maintenance session started for the *Repository 09* backup repository.

```
$repository = Get-VBORepository -Name "Repository 09"
$session = Get-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession -Repository $repository -State Running
Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession -Session $session
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBORepository`](get-vborepository.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$repository` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession`](get-vborepositorymaintenancesession.md) cmdlet. Set the `$repository` variable as the `Repository` parameter value. Specify the `State` parameter value. Save the result to the `$session` variable.
3. Run the `Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession` cmdlet. Set the `$session` variable as the `Session` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2: Stopping Maintenance Session by ID

This command stops a maintenance session with the ID `4a1f8c3e-7d92-4b60-9f15-0c2e6b84d371`.

```
Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession -Id 4a1f8c3e-7d92-4b60-9f15-0c2e6b84d371
```

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBORepository`](get-vborepository.md)
- [`Get-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession`](get-vborepositorymaintenancesession.md)