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title: "Start-VEPSQLRestoreSession"
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# Start-VEPSQLRestoreSession

## Short Description
Starts a restore session to explore backed-up PostgreSQL instances and to perform operations with these instances.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

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

## Syntax
```
Start-VEPSQLRestoreSession [-RestorePoint] <IVBRApplicationRestorePoint> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts a new restore session, establishes a connection to the backup server and retrieves backed-up PostgreSQL databases.

Within the restore session, you can get information about the backed-up PostgreSQL instances using the following cmdlets:

- [`Get-VEPSQLInstance`](get-vepsqlinstance.md)
- [`Get-VEPSQLTablespace`](get-vepsqltablespace.md)

After you get backed-up PostgreSQL instances, you can restore, publish, or perform instant recovery with these instances.

- Run the [`Start-VEPSQLInstanceRestore`](start-vepsqlinstancerestore.md) cmdlet to restore PostgreSQL instances.
- Run the [`Start-VEPSQLInstancePublish`](start-vepsqlinstancepublish.md) cmdlet to publish PostgreSQL instances.
- Run the [`Start-VEPSQLInstanceInstantRecovery`](start-vepsqlinstanceinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet to perform instant recovery of PostgreSQL instances.

Within the restore session you can also get information about the backed-up PostgreSQL databases with the [`Get-VEPSQLDatabase`](get-vepsqldatabase.md) cmdlet. After you get the backed-up PostgreSQL databases, you can export these databases with the [`Start-VEPSQLDatabaseExport`](start-vepsqldatabaseexport.md) cmdlet.

## Parameters

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          <p>Parameter</p>
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          <p>Description</p>
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          <p>Type</p>
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          <p>Required</p>
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          <p>Position</p>
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        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RestorePoint</span></p>
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        <td>
          <p>Specifies a restore point to start a new restore session. You will be able to use the session to perform operations with PostgreSQL instances that this restore point contains.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13"><code>IVBRApplicationRestorePoint</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13"><code>Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
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          <p><code>IVBRApplicationRestorePoint</code></p>
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          <p>True</p>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <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.

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the [`VEPSQLRestoreSession`](vepsqlrestoresession.md) object that contains settings of the restore session started to explore and recover backed-up PostgreSQL data.

## Examples

::: example
### Starting Restore Session

This example shows how to start a restore session to perform operations with PostgreSQL instances.

```
$restorepoint = Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint -PostgreSQL
Start-VEPSQLRestoreSession -RestorePoint $restorepoint[0]
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint`](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13) cmdlet. Provide the `PostgreSQL` parameter. Save the result to the `$restorepoint` variable.

   The cmdlet will return an array of restore points. Note the ordinal number of the necessary restore point. In this example, it is the first restore point in the array.

2. Run the `Start-VEPSQLRestoreSession` cmdlet. Set the `$restorepoint` variable as the `RestorePoint` parameter value and select the necessary restore point.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint`](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13)