Rapid Recovery 6.1.3 - User Guide

New-CloudAccount

The New-CloudAccount command lets you add a new cloud account to the Rapid Recovery Core.

Usage

The usage for the command is as follows:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the New-CloudAccount command:

Example:

Create a new Amazon™ S3 cloud account named "Amazon S3 Account" with the access key "akey" and the secret key "skey."

New-EncryptionKey

The New-EncryptionKey command lets you create a new encryption key for securing your Rapid Recovery backed up data.

Usage

The usage for the command is as follows:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the New-EncryptionKey command:

Example:

Create an encryption key on the local Core:

New-EsxiVirtualStandby

The New-EsxiVirtualStandby PowerShell command lets you create a new ESXi virtual standby machine using Rapid Recovery.

Usage

The usage for the command is as follows:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the New-EsxiVirtualStandby command:

Table 256. New-EsxiVirtualStandby command options

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 not specified, all volumes in the recovery point(s) are exported. Values must be enclosed in double quotes and separated by space; for example, "c:", "d:".   NOTE: Do not use trailing slashes in volume names.
-vmname	The Microsoft Windows name of the virtual machine.
-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.
-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.
-diskprovisioning	Optional. The amount of disk space to allocate on the virtual machine. Available values include: • Thick - Specify 'thick' to make the virtual disk as large as the original drive on the protected server. • Thin - Specify 'thin' to allocate the amount of actual disk space occupied on the original drive plus some additional megabytes. The default disk provisioning is 'thin'.
-diskmappinjg	Optional. It determines how to map the disks from the recovery point to the virtual machine. Available values include: • 'auto' • 'manual' • 'withvm' The default setting is 'auto'.
-initialexport	Optional. Specify this option if you need to start an initial on-demand virtual machine export after configuring the virtual standby.

Example:

Create a new ESXi virtual standby:

New-HyperVVirtualStandby

The New-HyperVVirtualStandby PowerShell command lets you create a new Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) using Rapid Recovery.

Usage

The usage for the command is as follows:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the New-HyperVVirtualStandby command:

Table 257. New-HyperVVirtualStandby command options

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 not specified, all volumes in the recovery point(s) are exported. Values must be enclosed in double quotes and separated by space; for example, "c:", "d:".   NOTE: Do not use trailing slashes in volume names.
-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 • hostport • hostusername • hostpassword
-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.

Example:

Create a new Hyper-V virtual standby machine: