## PowerCLI Reference

# Start-SpbmReplicationFailover

## Synopsis

This cmdlet performs a failover of the devices in the specified replication groups.

Syntax

Start-SpbmReplicationFailover [-ReplicationGroup] <SpbmReplicationGroup[]> [-CheckOnly] [-Unplanned] [-SourceVvolIdMap <Hashtable>] [-PointInTimeReplica <SpbmPointInTimeReplica[]>] [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

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Detailed Description

This cmdlet performs a failover of the devices in the specified replication groups. This cmdlet should be called at the replication target location. After the operation succeeds, the devices will be ready to be registered by using the virtual machine file path.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
ReplicationGroup | SpbmReplicationGroup[] | Specifies the target replication groups to failover at. | true | true (ByValue)
CheckOnly | SwitchParameter | Does not perform the failover, but checks if the configuration is correct to perform the failover. | false | 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. | false | false
PointInTimeReplica | SpbmPointInTimeReplica[] | Specifies the point in time replica object you want to use for the corresponding replication group 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. | false | false
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. | false | 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 Connect-VIServer. | false | false
SourceVvolIdMap | Hashtable | If this is a planned failover, this parameter is mandatory. 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. | false | false
Unplanned | SwitchParameter | Specifies an unplanned failover. | false | false
WhatIf | SwitchParameter | Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified. | false | false

Return Type

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

Notes

Examples

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

    Start-SpbmReplicationFailover -ReplicationGroup $targetRg -CheckOnly

Checks whether the target replication group has the correct configuration to perform the failover.

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

    Start-SpbmReplicationFailover -ReplicationGroup $targetRg -Unplanned

Performs an unplanned failover on the $targetRg target replication group.

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