---
title: "Start-VBRvCloudQuickMigration"
description: "Starts a quick migration of Cloud Director VMs. Platform: VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet starts a quick migration of Cloud Director VMs."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/start-vbrvcloudquickmigration.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > VMware Cloud Director > Start-VBRvCloudQuickMigration"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Start-VBRvCloudQuickMigration

## Short Description
Starts a quick migration of Cloud Director VMs.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

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

## Syntax
```
Start-VBRvCloudQuickMigration -InstantRecovery <InstantRecovery> [-StorageProfile <CVcdOrgVdcStorageProfile>]
 [-vCloudDatastore <CVcdDatastoreRestoreInfo>] [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts a quick migration of Cloud Director VMs.

::: note

To perform a quick migration of Cloud Director VMs you must run an instant recovery of  the necessary Cloud Director VMs beforehand. Run the [`Start-VBRvCloudInstantRecovery`](start-vbrvcloudinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet to perform an instant recovery of  the necessary Cloud Director VMs.

:::

## 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">InstantRecovery</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the Cloud Director VM that you want to migrate.</p><p>Accepts the <code>InstantRecoveryObject</code> type. To get this object, run the <a href="start-vbrvcloudinstantrecovery.md"><code>Start-VBRvCloudInstantRecovery</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>InstantRecovery</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">RunAsync</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">StorageProfile</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the storage policy of the selected Cloud Director VM that is restored to the original location.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: the cmdlet will not restore the storage policy of Cloud Director VMs in case you restore them to the different location.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CVcdOrgVdcStorageProfile</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvcloudentity.md"><code>Find-VBRvCloudEntity</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CVcdOrgVdcStorageProfile</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">vCloudDatastore</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the Cloud Director datastore. Veeam Backup & Replication will move the Cloud Director VM data to the selected Cloud Director datastore.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CVcdDatastoreRestoreInfo</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvidatastore.md"><code>Find-VBRViDatastore</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CVcdDatastoreRestoreInfo</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).

## Examples

::: example
### Starting Quick Migration of Cloud VM

This example shows how to start quick migration of the Cloud Director VM.

```
$restorepoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint
$VM = Start-VBRvCloudInstantRecovery -RestorePoint $restorepoint[1]
Start-VBRvCloudQuickMigration -InstantRecovery $VM
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRRestorePoint`](get-vbrrestorepoint.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$restorepoint` variable.
2. Run the [`Start-VBRvCloudInstantRecovery`](start-vbrvcloudinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet. Set the `$restorepoint` variable as the `RestorePoint` parameter value. Save the result to the `$VM` variable.

   The [`Get-VBRRestorePoint`](get-vbrrestorepoint.md) cmdlet will return an array of restore points. Mind the ordinal number of the necessary restore point (in our example, it is the second restore point in the array).

3. Run the `Start-VBRvCloudQuickMigration` cmdlet. Set the `$VM` variable as the `InstantRecovery` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRRestorePoint`](get-vbrrestorepoint.md)
- [`Start-VBRvCloudInstantRecovery`](start-vbrvcloudinstantrecovery.md)