Rapid Recovery 6.1.3 - User Guide

Start-HypervExport

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:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the Start-HypervExport command:

Table 282. Start-HypervExport 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 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.

Start-LogTruncation

The Start-LogTruncation command forces log truncation for the specified protected SQL Server or Microsoft Exchange server.

Usage

The usage for the command is as follows:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the Start-LogTruncation command:

Example:

Truncate SQL logs:

Truncate Exchange server logs: all recovery points for all machines on the Core:

Start-MountabilityCheck

The Start-MountabilityCheck command forces a mountability check for protected Microsoft Exchange mail stores.

Usage

The usage for the command is as follows:

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the Start-MountabilityCheck command:

Table 284. Start-MountabilityCheck 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 user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used.
-protectedserver	Archive of recovery points for the specified machine.
-rpn	Optional. The sequential number of a recovery point to be exported. (You can use the -GetRecoveryPoints 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.

Example:

Start a mountability check for oall recovery points for all machines on the Core:

Start-Protect

The Start-Protect command lets an administrator add a server under protection by a Core.

Usage

Command Options

The following table describes the options available for the Start-Protect command:

Example:

Put volumes of a server under protection: