Start-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterSwitchover

Short Description

Starts switchover of an HA cluster.

Applies to

Product Edition: Premium

Syntax

Start-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterSwitchover [-RunAsync] [-Force]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts switchover of an HA cluster. During switchover, Veeam Backup & Replication will assign the role of the primary node to the secondary node and will start the reverse replication from a new primary node to the former primary node.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

RunAsync

Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

Force

Defines that the cmdlet will start switchover of a HA cluster without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

None.

Examples

Starting Switchover of HA cluster

This command starts switchover of the HA cluster.

Start-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterSwitchover -RunAsync

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