Start-SpbmReplicationPrepareFailover Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Start-SpbmReplicationPrepareFailover

This cmdlet prepares the specified replication groups to fail over.

Syntax

Start-SpbmReplicationPrepareFailover
-ReplicationGroup < SpbmReplicationGroup[] >
[-RunAsync ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
ReplicationGroup SpbmReplicationGroup[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the replication group you want to prepare for failover. The replication group should be a source replication group.
optional RunAsync SwitchParameter named
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.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.

Output

Examples

Example 1

Start-SpbmReplicationPrepareFailover -ReplicationGroup $sourceRg

Performs the preparation of a planned failover on the $sourceRg source replication group.

Related Commands

SpbmReplicationFailover

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

SpbmReplicationGroup

This cmdlet retrieves replication groups.

This cmdlet synchronizes the data between source and replica for the specified replication group.

SpbmReplicationPair

This cmdlet retrieves the relation of replication groups in a pair of source and target replication group.

SpbmReplicationPrepareFailover

This cmdlet prepares the specified replication groups to fail over.

SpbmReplicationPromote

This cmdlet promotes a target replication group from InTest to FailedOver state.

SpbmReplicationReverse

This cmdlet initiates reverse replication, by making the currently failed over replication group the source and its peer replication group the target.

SpbmReplicationTestFailover

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

This cmdlet stops the test failover on the specified replication groups and tries to perform a cleanup on the target site.