---
title: "Get-VBRFailoverPlan"
description: "This cmdlet returns existing failover plans or cloud failover plans."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrfailoverplan.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Replication > Failover Plans > Get-VBRFailoverPlan"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Get-VBRFailoverPlan

## Short Description
Returns existing failover plans or cloud failover plans.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

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

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan [-Name <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Type</code></p>

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan [-Name <String[]>] -Type <VBRFailoverPlanType> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Tenant</code></p>

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan [-Name <String[]>] -Tenant <IVBRCloudTenant> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Id</code></p>

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan [-Id <Guid[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns existing failover plans or cloud failover plans.

## 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 the array of IDs of the <a href="vbrfailoverplan.md"><code>VBRFailoverPlan</code></a> object you want to add to the failover plan.</p><p>Accepts GUID or string.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Guid[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of names of the failover plans you want to get or search conditions.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Tenant</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the cloud tenant. The cmdlet will return failover plans created by this tenant.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrcloudtenant.md"><code>VBRCloudTenant</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrcloudtenant.md"><code>Get-VBRCloudTenant</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IVBRCloudTenant</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Type</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the type of the failover plan:</p><ul><li><code>Local</code>: non-cloud failover plans.</li><li><code>Cloud</code>: [for cloud user] cloud failover plans.</li><li><code>Tenant</code>: [for cloud provider] cloud failover plans created by cloud user.</li></ul><p>The cmdlet will return the failover plans of the selected type.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRFailoverPlanType</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>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
- [`VBRFailoverPlan[]`](vbrfailoverplan.md)
- [`VBRCloudFailoverPlan[]`](vbrcloudfailoverplan.md)
- [`VBRTenantFailoverPlan[]`](vbrtenantfailoverplan.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Getting All Existing Failover Plans

This command looks for the list of all existing failover plans.

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Getting Failover Plan by Name

This command looks for the `MS Exchange Group Failover` failover plan.

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan -Name "MS Exchange Group Failover"
```

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Getting All Cloud Failover Plans

[Cloud] This command gets all cloud failover plans.

```
Get-VBRFailoverPlan -Type Cloud
```

:::

::: example
### Example 4. Getting All Cloud Failover Plans

[Cloud provider] This command gets `MS Exchange Group Failover` failover plan created by the `ABC Company` tenant.

```
$tenant = Get-VBRCloudTenant -Name "ABC Company"
Get-VBRFailoverPlan -Tenant $tenant -Name "MS Exchange Group Failover"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRCloudTenant`](get-vbrcloudtenant.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$tenant` variable.
2. Run the `Get-VBRFailoverPlan` cmdlet. Set the `$tenant` variable as the `Tenant` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value.

:::