---
title: "New-VBRADForestReIpRule"
description: "This cmdlet creates the VBRADForestReIpRule object. This object contains settings for re-assigning IP addresses to domain controller VMs during a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbradforestreiprule.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Data Recovery > Microsoft Active Directory Forest Restore > New-VBRADForestReIpRule"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRADForestReIpRule

## Short Description
Creates a re-IP rule for a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

**Product Edition**: Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
New-VBRADForestReIpRule [-VlanTag <Int32>] [-SourceIp <String>] [-SourceMask <String>] [-TargetIp <String>]
 [-TargetMask <String>] -TargetGateway <String> [-DNS <String[]>] [-WINS <String[]>] [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the [`VBRADForestReIpRule`](vbradforestreiprule.md) object. This object contains settings for re-assigning IP addresses to domain controller VMs during a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore. Use re-IP rules when the domain controllers must be restored to a network with a different IP addressing scheme. Use this object with the [`Start-VBRADForestRestore`](start-vbradforestrestore.md) cmdlet.

## Parameters

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      <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">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the description of the re-IP rule.</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">DNS</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the DNS server addresses to assign to the restored domain controller VM.</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SourceIp</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the IPv4 address or the IPv4 addressing scheme of the network in which the source domain controller VM is located. You can use the asterisk character (*) to specify a range of IP addresses.</p><p>Default: <code>172.24.16.*</code>.</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SourceMask</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the subnet mask of the network in which the source domain controller VM is located. You can use the asterisk character (*) to specify a range of addresses.</p><p>Default: <code>255.255.240.0</code>.</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">TargetGateway</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the default gateway address of the network to which the domain controller VM will be restored.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">TargetIp</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the IPv4 address or the IPv4 addressing scheme of the network to which the domain controller VM will be restored. You can use the asterisk character (*) to specify a range of IP addresses.</p><p>Default: <code>172.24.17.*</code>.</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">TargetMask</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the subnet mask of the network to which the domain controller VM will be restored. You can use the asterisk character (*) to specify a range of addresses.</p><p>Default: <code>255.255.240.0</code>.</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">VlanTag</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the VLAN ID of the network to which the domain controller VM will be restored. Permitted values: 1 to 4094.</p><p>Note: This parameter applies only when you restore domain controllers to a Microsoft Hyper-V host. For VMware vSphere, the VLAN is defined by the target network.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">WINS</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the WINS server addresses to assign to the restored domain controller VM.</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>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
The cmdlet returns the [`VBRADForestReIpRule`](vbradforestreiprule.md) object that contains the re-IP rule settings for Microsoft Active Directory forest restore.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Creating Re-IP Rule

This command creates a re-IP rule with source and target IP addressing schemes and a target gateway. Save it to the `$reIpRule` variable to use it when you run the [`Start-VBRADForestRestore`](start-vbradforestrestore.md) cmdlet.

```
$reIpRule = New-VBRADForestReIpRule -SourceIp 172.16.*.* -SourceMask 255.255.0.0 -TargetIp 172.17.*.* -TargetMask 255.255.0.0 -TargetGateway 172.17.0.1
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Creating Re-IP Rule with DNS and WINS

This command creates a re-IP rule that also reassigns DNS and WINS server addresses. Save it to the `$reIpRule` variable to use it when you run the [`Start-VBRADForestRestore`](start-vbradforestrestore.md) cmdlet.

```
$reIpRule = New-VBRADForestReIpRule -SourceIp 172.16.*.* -SourceMask 255.255.0.0 -TargetIp 172.17.*.* -TargetMask 255.255.0.0 -TargetGateway 172.17.0.1 -DNS "172.17.0.2","172.17.0.3" -WINS "172.17.0.4" -Description "Production to DR network"
```

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Creating Re-IP Rule with VLAN ID

This command creates a re-IP rule that assigns VLAN ID 120 to the restored domain controller VM on the target network. Save it to the `$reIpRule` variable to use it when you run the [`Start-VBRADForestRestore`](start-vbradforestrestore.md) cmdlet.

```
$reIpRule = New-VBRADForestReIpRule -SourceIp 172.16.*.* -SourceMask 255.255.0.0 -TargetIp 172.17.*.* -TargetMask 255.255.0.0 -TargetGateway 172.17.0.1 -VlanTag 120
```

:::

## Related Commands

[`Start-VBRADForestRestore`](start-vbradforestrestore.md)