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title: "Stop-VESQLInstantRecovery"
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# Stop-VESQLInstantRecovery

## Short Description
Stops an active instant recovery session for a Microsoft SQL Server database.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

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

## Syntax
```
Stop-VESQLInstantRecovery [-Database] <VESQLIRDatabase> [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops an active instant recovery session for a backed-up Microsoft SQL Server.

## 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">Database</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a Microsoft SQL Server database. The cmdlet will stop the instant recovery session of this database.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vesqlirdatabase.md"><code>VESQLIRDatabase</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vesqlirdatabase.md"><code>Get-VESQLIRDatabase</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vesqlirdatabase.md"><code>VESQLIRDatabase</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will show no prompt before executing the command.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</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
### Stopping Instant Recovery Session of a Microsoft SQL Server Database

This example shows how to stop an instant recovery session of the `monthly_db` database.

```
$IRDatabase = Get-VESQLIRDatabase -DatabaseName "monthly_db"
Stop-VESQLInstantRecovery -Database $IRDatabase
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VESQLIRDatabase`](get-vesqlirdatabase.md) cmdlet. Specify the `DatabaseName` parameter value. Save the result to the `$IRDatabase` variable.
2. Run the `Stop-VESQLInstantRecovery` cmdlet. Set the `$IRDatabase` variable as the `Database` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VESQLIRDatabase`](get-vesqlirdatabase.md)