The New-HyperVVirtualStandby
PowerShell command lets you create a new Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) using Rapid Recovery.
The usage for the command is as follows:
New-HyperVVirtualStandby -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -protectedserver [name | IP address] -volumes [volumes names] -vmname [virtual machine name] [-gen2] -useVhdx [-uselocalmachine] | -hostname [virtual ho st name] -hostport [virtual host port number] -hostusername [virtual host login] -hostpassword [virtual host passwo rd]] -vmlocation [location] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -initialexport
The following table describes the options available for the New-HyperVVirtualStandby
command:
Option | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|
-? |
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 log on.
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. | ||
-protectedserver |
Show jobs for a specific protected machine, indicated by IP address. | ||
-volumes |
Optional. List the volume names you want to export. If you use the value all or use no value, then all volumes in the recovery points are exported. Values must be enclosed in double quotes and separated by a space.
| ||
-vmname |
The Microsoft 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 to the local Hyper-V server. When you specify this value, Rapid Recovery ignores the following options:
| ||
-hostname |
The name of the virtual server host. | ||
-hostport |
The port number to use for communicating with the virtual server. | ||
-hostusername |
The user name for logging in to the virtual server host. | ||
-hostpassword |
The password for logging in to the virtual server host. | ||
-vmlocation |
Local or network path to the folder where you want to store the virtual machine files. | ||
-ram |
Allocate a specific amount of RAM on the virtual server. | ||
-usesourceram |
Optional. Allocate the same amount of RAM on the virtual server that the source protected machine has. | ||
-initialexport |
Optional. Specify this option if you need to start an initial on-demand virtual machine export after configuring the virtual standby. |
Create a new Hyper-V virtual standby machine:
>New-HyperVVirtualStandby -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -protectedserver [name | IP address] -volumes [volumes names] -vmname [virtual machine name] [-gen2] -useVhdx [-uselocalmachine] | -hostname [virtual ho st name] -hostport [virtual host port number] -hostusername [virtual host login] -hostpassword [virtual host passwo rd]] -vmlocation [location] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -initialexport
The New-Mount
command mounts a snapshot of one or more drives.
The usage for the command is as follows:
New-Mount -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [machine name] -mounttype [read | write | readonlywithpreviouswrites] -drives [drive names] -path [location] –time [MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss tt | passed | latest] –rpn [number]
The following table describes the options available for the New-Mount
command:
Option | Description |
---|---|
-? |
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. |
-protectedserver |
The protected server IP address or machine name (depends on how the particular machine was protected. |
-time |
Optional. The timestamp of the Recovery Point to mount. This should be in the format that is specified by the OS on the current PC. The administrator is able to get the latest recovery point by specifying latest or last checked recovery point by passed parameter value. By default the latest time option is chosen. |
-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 log on.
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-path |
Path on the Core machine to which recovery points will be mounted. |
-mounttype |
Optional. Specifies a mount mode. Available options are 'read' , 'readOnlyWithPreviousWrites' (read-only with previous writes), 'write' (writable). Default mode is read-only . |
-volumes |
Optional. Space-separated list of volume names to mount. If the volume’s name contains spaces or special characters, it has to be specified using double quotes. If not specified, all volumes will be mounted. |
-rpn |
Optional. Recovery point number for the mount. You can obtain this using the get-mounts command. Specify several numbers for the rpn parameter to mount different points with a single command.
Note: If you set an array of points to mount, each point will be located in a separate child directory. The name describes the time when the recovery point was created. When you call dismount, all child directories will be removed. You should remove the parent directory manually. |
>New-Mount -core 10.10.10.10:8006 -user administrator -password 23WE@#$sdd -protectedserver 10.10.5.22 -path C:\MountedRecoveryPoint -mounttype read -volumes c “d, ko”
Mount an array of recovery points:
>New-Mount –rpn 10 52 41 -protectedserver localhost –path “D:/Folder for mount”
Mount a recovery point with certain time created:
>New-Mount -protectedserver 10.10.5.56 –path “D:/Folder for mount” –time “8/24/2012 11:46 AM”
The New-Replication
command lets you set up and force replication for a protected server or servers.
The usage for the command is as follows:
New-Replication -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -targetserver [host name] -protectedserver [name | IP address]
The following table describes the options available for the New-Replication
command:
Option | Description |
---|---|
-? |
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. |
-replicationname |
Name of the replication configuration on the target Core. |
-targetserver |
The host name, user name, and password for the target Core. |
-protectedserver |
The name of the protected machine and repository on the target Core for setting up replication. |
Create new replication for the protected machine with IP 10.10.10.4:
>New-Replication -targetserver 10.10.10.128 -protectedserver 10.10.10.4
The New-Repository
command creates a new DVM repository in the Rapid Recovery Core. The size specified must be between 250MB and 16TB.
The usage for the command is as follows:
New-Repository | –name [name] -size [size] -datapath [location] -metadatapath [location]
The following table describes the options available for the New-Repository
command:
Option | Description |
---|---|
-? |
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. |
-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. |
-name |
Repository name. |
-size |
Size of repository extent. Available units are: b, Kb, MB, GB, TB, PB. |
-datapath |
For local location only. Determines data path of repository extent. |
-metadatapath |
For local location only. Determines metadata path of repository extent. |
-uncpath |
For share location only. Determines data and metadata paths of repository extent. |
-shareusername |
For share location only. Determines login to share location. |
-sharepassword |
For share location only. Determines password to share location. |
-comment |
Optional. Description of repository. |
-concurrent Operations |
Optional. Maximum number of operations that can be pending at one time. Value by default: 64. |
Create new DVM repository of minimum size in local drive E:
>New-Repository –name Repository2 -size 250Mb -datapath e:\Repository\Data -metadatapath e:\Repository\Metadata
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