---
title: "Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession"
description: "Stops an active restore session started to explore and restore databases backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/explorers_powershell/stop-vesqlpluginrestoresession.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server > Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession"
dateModified: "2026-08-20"
---

# Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession

## Short Description
Stops an active restore session started to explore and restore databases backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

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

## Syntax
```
Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession [-Session] <VESQLPluginRestoreSession> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops an active restore session initiated to explore and restore databases backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

::: note

Consider the following:

- The cmdlet stops restore sessions initiated in the PowerShell console only.
- Restore sessions will not stop automatically if you close the PowerShell console. To stop the restore session, you must run the `Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession` cmdlet.

:::

## Parameters

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        <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">Session</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a restore session for databases backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server. The cmdlet will stop this session.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vesqlpluginrestoresession.md"><code>VESQLPluginRestoreSession</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vesqlpluginrestoresession.md"><code>Get-VESQLPluginRestoreSession</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vesqlpluginrestoresession.md"><code>VESQLPluginRestoreSession</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>
    </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 Restore Session

This example shows how to stop a restore session for databases backed up with Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server.

```
$session = Get-VESQLPluginRestoreSession
Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession -Session $session[3]
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VESQLPluginRestoreSession`](get-vesqlpluginrestoresession.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$session` variable.

   The cmdlet will return an array of active restore sessions. Note the ordinal number of the necessary restore session (in this example, it is the fourth restore session in the array).

2. Run the `Stop-VESQLPluginRestoreSession` cmdlet. Set the `$session` variable as the `Session` parameter value and select the necessary restore session.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VESQLPluginRestoreSession`](get-vesqlpluginrestoresession.md)