Failover process temp vs perm

[dcd62]

I'm using Veeam to migrate virtual machines from one datacenter to another and I don't plan on failing back. Is it necessary to perform both the temporary failover and then the permanent failover or can I go straight to the permanent failover. I would rather only perform one step if possible (the second command).

I was scripting the process and would first run this command to perform the temporary failover:
Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name $VM | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1 | Start-VBRViReplicaFailover -Reason "Migration" -RunAsync -Confirm: $true

Then run this to perform the Permanent failover:
Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name $VM | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1 | Start-VBRViReplicaFailover -Reason "Migration" -RunAsync -Definite -Confirm: $true

[veremin]

If my memory serves me well, the second one-liner should be enough to achieve what you're after. You can also use -Planned switch to perform planned failover. Thanks.

[dcd62]

Great, I performed a test and it seems to work OK. I looked at the planned failover and thought that would also be an option. But it doesn't commit the snapshot and I need to completely failover over.
Thanks for your help!

[veremin]

Ok, If I were you and were after migration script making use of replication functionality, I would write something like this:

- Shutdown source VMs (PowerCLI)
- Run replication jobs to transfer final changes happened after the latest replication cycle (VB&R PS snap-in)
- Perform permanent failover (VB&R PS snap-in)

Thanks.

[dcd62]

Yes, I've done that and it's working fine. .Thanks again

[veremin]

Great minds think alike. Just kidding, glad to hear that you were able to achieve your goal, using combination of VMware PowerCLI and Veeam PowerShell snap-in. Thanks.