The Start-VMExport command initiates the launch of a virtual export from the selected recovery point to a VMware Workstaation server virtual machine.
Required parameters include the name of the protected machine containing recovery points to export; the name of the virtual machine you are exporting to; the amount of RAM to be allocated on the virtual machine; and the path to the local or network, folder where the resulting virtual machine files will be stored.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Start-VMExport -core -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [machine name] or [IP address]] -volumes [volume names] -rpn [number | numbers] |
-time [time string] -vmname [virtual machine name] [-ram [total megabytes] |
-usesourceram] -linuxhostnme [linux hostname] -hostport [linux port] -targetpath [location] pathusername [user name] - pathpassword [password]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Start-VMExport command:
Table 187: Start-VMExport command options
-? |
Display this help message. |
-core |
Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. |
-user |
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-password |
Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-protectedserver |
Protected machine with recovery points to be exported. |
-volumes |
Optional. List of volume names to be exported. If not specified, all volumes in the specified recovery points will be exported. Values must be enclosed in double quotes, each separated by a space. do not use trailing slashes in volume names. For example, specify “C:” not “C:/” |
-rpn |
Optional. The sequential number of a recovery point to be exported. (You can use the Get-RecoveryPoints command to obtain recovery point numbers.
Note: If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. |
-time |
Optional. Determines recovery point to be selected for export. You need to specify exact time in the format “MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm tt” (for example: “04/24/2015 09:00 AM”).” Specify date time values of the time zone set on your local machine.
Note: If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. |
-vmname |
Windows name of the virtual machine. |
-ram |
Allocate specific amount of RAM on the virtual server. |
-usesourceram |
Optional. Allocate the same amount of RAM on the virtual server as the source protected machine. |
-targetpath |
Local or network or Linux path to the folder where the virtual machine files are to be stored. |
-pathusername |
User name for network machine. Only required when you specify network path in parameter -targetpath. |
-pathpassword |
Password for network machine. Only required when you specify network path in parameter -targetpath. |
-version |
Version of VMware Tools to use. Valid versions are: 7, 8, 9, and 10. |
Example:
Export all volumes from the latest recovery point on machine 10.10.12.97 to a VM called NewVMwareVM:
>Start-VBExport -protectedserver 10.10.12.97 -vmname NewVMWareVM -ram usesourceram -targetpath D:/exports
The Stop-ActiveJobs cancels active jobs for a specified protected machine.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Stop-ActiveJobs [-protectedserver [machine name | IP address] | -core [host name]] -user [user name] -password [password] -jobtype [jobtype]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Stop-ActiveJobs command:
Table 188: Stop-ActiveJobs command options
-? |
Display this help message. |
-all |
Select and cancel events of the specified type for all protected machines. |
-core |
Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. |
-user |
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-password |
Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-user |
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-password |
Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-protectedserver |
Determines protected machine on which jobs should be canceled. |
-jobtype |
Optional. Specifies job type filter. Available values are: ‘transfer’ (data transfer), ‘repository’ (repository maintenance), ‘replication’ (local and remote replications), ‘backup’ 9backup and restore), ‘bootcdbuilder’ (create boot CDs), ‘diagnostics’(upload logs), ‘exchange’ (Exchange Server files check), ‘export (recovery point export), ‘pushinstall’ (deploy Agent software to protected machines), ‘rollback’ (restore data from recovery point), ‘rollup’ (recovery point rollup’s), ‘sqlattach’ (agent attachability checks), ‘mount’ (not repository). By default, all jobs of the specified type are canceled. |
Example:
Stop transfer job in protected machine:
>Stop-ActiveJobs –protectedserver 10.10.1.76 -jobtype transfer
Stop all jobs for a specific protected machine:
>Stop-ActiveJobs –protectedserver 10.10.1.76 -all
Use this command to stop the Core service on a Core machine.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Stop-CoreService -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -cancelactivejobs [true | false] -wait [time in seconds]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Stop-CoreService command:
Table 189: Stop-CoreService command options
-? |
Display this help message. |
-core |
Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default, the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. |
-user |
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you must also provide a password. If none is provided, then the credentials for the logged-on user are used. |
-password |
Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none is provided, then the credentials for the logged-on user are used. |
-cancelactivejobs |
Optional. Use this option to cancel all active jobs on the Core. The default setting is "false." |
-wait |
Optional. This option indicates that the command should wait until the Core service is fully stopped for the specified period of time in seconds before canceling active jobs. |
Example:
Stop the Core service:
>Stop-CoreService -core 10.10.127.42 -user admin -password 676df#df -cancelactivejobs true -wait 600
The Suspend-Replication command lets an administrator pause replication.
A user can pause replication in three ways:
- Pause replication on the source Core for all protected machines (
-outgoing parameter)
The administrator must specify the remote machine name with outgoing replication pairing to pause outgoing replication on the source Core.
>Suspend-replication -outgoing 10.10.12.10
- Pause replication on the source Core for a single protected machine (
-protectedserver parameter) >Suspend-replication -protectedserver 10.10.12.97
- Pause replication on the target Core (
-incoming parameter)
If the local Core is a target Core, the administrator can pause replication by specifying the source Core using the –incoming parameter.
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Suspend-Replication command:
Table 190: Suspend-Replication command options
-? |
Display this help message. |
-all |
Pauses all protected machines on the selected Core. |
-core |
Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. |
-pause |
[snapshots], [replication] or [vmexport]. |
-password |
Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-protectedserver |
Pause the current protected server. |
-user |
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-incoming |
Host name of the remote Core that replicates to the Core machine. Replication is suspended for all protected machines on the remote Core. |
-outgoing |
Host name of the remote target core to which data is replicating. Replication is suspended for all protected machines on the remote core. |
Example:
Pause outgoing replication on the remote Core with the IP address: 10.10.1.15, for the single protected machine with the IP address: 10.10.1.76:
>Suspend-replication –core 10.10.1.15 –protectedserver 10.10.1.76
Pause outgoing replication from the local Core to remote target with the IP address: 10.10.1.63 for all protected machines:
>Suspend-replication –outgoing 10.10.1.63
Pause incoming replication from 10.10.1.82 on the remote Core with the IP address: 10.10.1.15 (Administrator is able to pause incoming replication only for whole machine):
>Suspend-replication –core 10.10.1.15 –incoming 10.10.1.82
