Use Start-ConsumeSeedDrive for the initial data transfer when you establish Rapid Recovery replication.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Start-ConsumeSeedDrive -path [local | network path] -seeddriveusername [user name] -seeddrivepassword [password] -remotecore [name] -protectedserver [name] | -all]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Start-ConsumeSeedDrive command:
Table 167: Start-ConsumeSeedDrive 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. The 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. The 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. |
-path |
The local or network path of the seed drive. |
-seeddriveusername |
Optional. The user name for the network location of the seed drive. |
-seeddrivepassword |
Optional. The password for the network location of the seed drive. |
-remotecore |
Use only with the -consume option. It is the name of the remote Core from which the seed drive recovery points are created or consumed. |
-protectedserver |
The name or IP address of the protected machine you are using to create or consume the seed drive of recovery points. For example: -protectedserver "10.10.60.48" "10.10.12.101." |
-all |
This option specifies whether to consume or copy all of the available protected machines. |
Examples:
Starting consuming a seed drive located on a network share:
>Start-ConsumeSeedDrive -path \\10.10.1.1\Share\Seed\ -seeddriveusername Adminsitrator -seeddrivepassword 12345 -remotecore RemoteCoreName -all
Start consuming the data from two protected machines from a seed drive located on the local system:
>Start-ConsumeSeedDrive -path C:\Seed\ -remotecore TargetCoreHostName -protectedserver "10.10.1.1","10.10.1.2"
You can use a seed drive for the initial data transfer when you establish Rapid Recovery replication.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Start-CopySeedDrive -path [local | network path] -seeddriveusername [user name] -seeddrivepassword [password] [-targetcore [name or IP] | -protectedserver [name] | -all] -usecompatibleformat
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Start-CopySeedDrive command:
Table 168: Start-CopySeedDrive 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. The 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. The 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. |
-path |
The local or network path of the seed drive. |
-seeddriveusername |
Optional. The user name for the network location of the seed drive. |
-seeddrivepassword |
Optional. The password for the network location of the seed drive. |
-targetcore |
Optional. Use only with the -copy option. It is the name or IP address of the remote Core. All protected machines replicating to this Core receive seed drive recovery points. |
-protectedserver |
The name or IP address of the protected machine you are using to create or consume the seed drive of recovery points. For example: -protectedserver "10.10.60.48" "10.10.12.101." |
-all |
This option specifies whether to consume or copy all of the available protected machines. |
-usecompatibleformat |
The new archiving format offers improved performance, however it is not compatible with older Cores. Use this option when working with a legacy AppAssure Core.
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Examples:
Start copying data from protected machines to a seed drive located on the local system:
>Start-CopySeedDrive -path C:\Seed\ -usecompatibleformat -targetcore TargetCoreHostName
Start copying two protected machines to the seed drive on the network share:
>Start-CopySeedDrive -path \\10.10.1.1\Share\Seed\ -seeddriveusername Administrator -seeddrivepassword 12345 -usecompatibleformat -protectedserver "10.10.60.48","10.10.12.101"
The Start-EsxiExport PowerShell command initiates the launch of a virtual export from the selected Rapid Recovery recovery point to an ESX(i) 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; the host name and port of the Linux server host, and the path to the local, network, or Linux folder where the resulting virtual machine files will be stored.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Start-EsxiExport -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [machine name | IP address] -volumes [volume names] -rpn [number | numbers] | -time [time string] -vmname [virtual machine name] -hostname [virtual host name] -hostport [virtual host port number] -hostusername [virtual host user name] hostpassword [virtual host password] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -diskprovisioning [thin | thick] -diskmapping [automatic | manual | withvm]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Start-EsxiExport command:
Table 169: Start-EsxiExport command options
-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. |
-hostname |
The virtual server host name. |
-hostport |
The virtual server port number. |
-hostusername |
The user name to the virtual server host. |
-hostpassword |
The password to the virtual server host. |
-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. |
-diskprovisioning |
Optional. The amount of disk space that will be allocated on the virtual machine. Specify ‘thick’ to make the virtual disk as large as the original drive on the protected server, or ‘thin’ to allocate the amount of actual disk space occupied on the original drive, plus some extra space in megabytes.
By default, ‘thin’ provisioning is selected. |
-diskmapping |
Optional. Select either ‘auto,’ ‘manual,’ or ‘withvm’. By default, auto-mapping is enabled. |
-resetup |
Optional. Recreates virtual machine if it is already presented at the specified location. |
-datacenter |
Optional. Specifies which datacenter to use. |
-resourcepool |
Optional. Specifies which resource pool to use. |
-datastore |
Optional. Specifies which datastore to use. |
-computeresource |
Optional. Specifies which compute resource to use. |
-version |
Optional. Specifies which version of ESXi to use. |
The Start-HypervExport PowerShell command initiates the launch of a virtual export from the selected Rapid Recovery recovery point to a Hyper-V server virtual machine.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Start-HypervExport -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [[machine name] or [IP address]] -volumes [volume names] -rpn [number | numbers] | -time [time string] [-vmname [uselocalmachine] | -hostname [virtual host name] -hostport [virtual host port number] -hostusername [virtual host user name] -hostpassword [virtual host password] -vmlocation [location]] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -diskformat [VHD | VHDX] -exportvmconfigfiles
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Start-HypervExport command:
Table 170: Start-HypervExport 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. |
-gen2 |
Optional. Specify to use the second VM generation. If not specified, generation 1 is used. Rapid Recovery supports generation 2 from Windows Server 2012 R2 through Windows 8.1. |
-usevhdx |
Optional. If you specify this option, Rapid Recovery uses the VHDX disk format to create the VM. If you do not, it uses the VHD disk format. Generation 2 uses only the VHDX format. |
-uselocalmachine |
Optional. Connect the local Hyper-V server. If this parameter is used, the following options are ignored: hostname, host port, host username, host password. |
-hostname |
The virtual server host name. |
-hostport |
The virtual server port number. |
-hostusername |
The user name to the virtual server host. |
-hostpassword |
The password to the virtual server host. |
-vmlocation |
Local or network path to the folder where you want to store the virtual machine files. |
-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. |
-exportvmconfigfiles |
Optional. Specify whether to export virtual machine configuration files. This option is available only both when the source is a virtual protected agentlessly and when the target hpyervisor is the same as the source hypervisor. |
Example:
Create a Hyper-V machine file to be stored on a remote machine:
>Start-HypervExport -core 10.10.10.10 -user administrator -password 23WE@#$sdd -protectedserver 10.10.5.22 -vmlocation \\WIN7-Bobby\virtualmachines -hostname 10.10.10.23 -hostport 443 –hostusername root –hostpassword 12QWsdxc@# -ram 4096
