---
title: "Stop-VBRViInstantVMDiskRecovery"
description: "This cmdlet stops restore of VM virtual disks."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/stop-vbrviinstantvmdiskrecovery.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Data Recovery > Instant VM Disk Recovery > Stop-VBRViInstantVMDiskRecovery"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Stop-VBRViInstantVMDiskRecovery

## Short Description
Stops restore of VM virtual disks.

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

## Syntax
```
Stop-VBRViInstantVMDiskRecovery [-InstantRecovery] <InstantRecovery> [-Force] [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops restore of VM virtual disks.

## 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">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will run without warning.</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">InstantRecovery</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a session that is running to restore VM virtual disks. The cmdlet will stop this session.</p><p>Accepts the <code>InstantRecovery</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrinstantrecovery.md"><code>Get-VBRInstantRecovery</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>0</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>
    </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
### Stopping Restore of VM Virtual Disks

This example shows how to stop a session that is running to restore VM virtual disks.

```
$session = Get-VBRInstantRecovery
Stop-VBRViInstantVMDiskRecovery -InstantRecovery $session
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRInstantRecovery`](get-vbrinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$session` variable.
2. Run the `Stop-VBRViInstantVMDiskRecovery` cmdlet. Set the `$session` variable as the `InstantRecovery` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRInstantRecovery`](get-vbrinstantrecovery.md)