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title: "Restart-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery"
description: "Restarts a failed instant recovery process for a PostgreSQL instance. Product: Veeam Backup & Replication Product Edition: Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet restarts a failed instant recovery process for a PostgreSQ"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/explorers_powershell/restart-vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL > Restart-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery"
dateModified: "2026-08-18"
---

# Restart-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery

## Short Description
Restarts a failed instant recovery process for a PostgreSQL instance.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

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

## Syntax
```
Restart-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery [-Instance] <VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet restarts a failed instant recovery process for a PostgreSQL instance.

## Parameters

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          <p>Parameter</p>
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        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
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        <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>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Instance</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the PostgreSQL instance with an ongoing instant recovery session. The cmdlet will restart the instant recovery process for this instance.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.md"><code>VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.md"><code>Get-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.md"><code>VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
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          <p>0</p>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
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`<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 Docs.

## Examples

::: example
### Restarting Failed Instant Recovery Process for Specific PostgreSQL Instance

This example shows how to restart an instant recovery session for the `rhel01:5433` instance.

```
$IRInstance = Get-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery -InstanceName "rhel01:5433"
Restart-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery -Instance $IRInstance
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery`](get-vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet. Specify the `InstanceName` parameter value. Save the result to the `$IRInstance` variable.
2. Run the `Restart-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery` cmdlet. Set the `$IRInstance` variable as the `Instance` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery`](get-vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.md)