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Start-SpbmReplicationTestFailover

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NAME Start-SpbmReplicationTestFailover



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet performs a test failover of a target replication group.





SYNTAX

Start-SpbmReplicationTestFailover [-ReplicationGroup] <SpbmReplicationGroup[]> [-CheckOnly] [-PointInTimeReplica

<SpbmPointInTimeReplica[]>] [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer>] [-SourceVvolIdMap <Hashtable>] [-Unplanned]

[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet performs a test failover of a target replication group. If the operation succeeds, the replication

state of the replication group becomes InTest.





PARAMETERS

-CheckOnly [<SwitchParameter>]

Does not perform the test failover, but checks if the configuration is correct to perform the test failover.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-PointInTimeReplica <SpbmPointInTimeReplica[]>

Specifies the point in time replica object you want to use for the corresponding replication group test

failover. If no replica is specified for a replication group, the latest available replica is used by default

by the VASA provider. If more than one replica is specified for a replication group, a non-terminating error

is generated for that replication group.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ReplicationGroup <SpbmReplicationGroup[]>

Specifies the replication group on which you want to perform the test failover.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-RunAsync [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the

output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter, run "help

About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <VIServer>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this

parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the

description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-SourceVvolIdMap <Hashtable>

This parameter is no longer required and will be removed in a future release. This will contain a map of

sourceVvolId (of the devices) to containerId (of the VVol datastore) for all the devices in the specified

replication groups.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Unplanned [<SwitchParameter>]

Specifies an unplanned test failover.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false,

the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

VM file paths corresponding to recovered devices. One VM file path for a VM and all its disks together.







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



Start-SpbmReplicationTestFailover -ReplicationGroup $targetRg -CheckOnly



Checks if the target replication group has the correct configuration to perform a test failover.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



Start-SpbmReplicationTestFailover -ReplicationGroup $targetRg -Unplanned -PointInTimeReplica $replica



Performs a test failover of an unplanned type on the $targetRg target replication group by using the $replica

point in time replica.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... lover.html

Stop-SpbmReplicationTestFailover