Question about Stop-VBRReplicaFailover

[johndoe10110]

I have read through https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... tml?ver=95 (I am using B&R 9.5).

I test a replica using:

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Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "VMname" | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1 | Start-VBRViReplicaFailover -Reason "Failover test" -RunAsync

Works great.

Now, I want to Undo the Failover Test and discard any changes made to the running VM replica. To do this I use Example 1 from the cmdlet URL above:

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Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "VMname" | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1 | Stop-VBRReplicaFailover -Reason "Test completed" -RunAsync -Force

It does not work for some reason. I do not get any output errors issuing the command. I end up having to manually connect with Veeam GUI and right click the running/active Replica and selecting "Undo Failover" then acknowledging it will discard any changes made since the last restore point.

Does anyone know why my Stop-VBRReplicaFailover line wouldn't work. Has anyone used it like this?

[veremin]

I would split your code into two separate strings and check them independently to understand what particular portion does not work as expected.

Selection logic:

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$RP = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Name "VMname" | Sort-Object $_.creationtime -Descending | Select -First 1 

Undoing logic:

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Stop-VBRReplicaFailover -RestorePoint $RP -Reason "Test completed" -RunAsync -Force

Thanks.

[johndoe10110]

Thanks v.Eremin. I will separate it and try again.

Hmm...regarding the "Force" param. I actually don't tick the "Force" checkbox when doing this in the GUI - just realized this.
I can't quite understand the description in the cmdlet help page. It actually sounds wrong unless I not reading it right.

[veremin]

The force switch refers to "forcing undo failover" which is described here. If you forcing undo failover is not needed, disregard the given cmdlet switch. Thanks.