The Edit-VMVirtualStandby command lets you use PowerShell to make changes to an existing virtual export to a VMware Workstation virtual machine (VM).
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Edit-VMVirtualStandby [-TargetPath <String>] [-PathUserName <String>] [-PathPassword <String>] [-ProtectedServer <S
tring>] [-Volumes <String[]>] [-VMName <String>] [-UseSourceRam] [-Ram <String>] [-User <String>] [-Core <String>]
[-Password <String>] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-Er
rorVariable <String>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [-OutVariable <String>] [-OutBuffer <Int32>]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Edit-VMVirtualStandby command:
Table 91: Edit-VMVirtualStandby 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 log on.
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-targetpath |
The local or network path (or Linux path, only for VirtualBox export) to the folder for storing the virtual machine files. |
-pathusername |
The credentials for the target path when it is located on a network share and you specified it with the -targetpath option. |
-pathpassword |
The password for the target path when it is located on a network share and you specified it with the -targetpath option. |
-protectedserver |
The protected machine with recovery points that you want to export, indicated by IP address. |
-volumes |
Optional. A list of volume names that you want to export. When not specified, all volumes export. Values must be separated by a comma. Do not use trailing slashes in volume names. For example: C, F, E. |
-vmname |
The Windows name of the virtual machine. |
-ram |
Use this option to allocate a specific amount of RAM on the virtual server. |
-usesourceram |
Optional. Allocate all of the amount of RAM on the target virtual server that is used on the source virtual server. |
Example:
Edit a specific amount of RAM on the existing Virtual Standby:
>Edit-VMVirtualStandby -targetpath "\\servername\sharename" -pathusername "login" -pathpassword "password" -protectedserver 10.10.11.245 -vmname "name" -ram 2048
Edit the list of volume names to be exported to the existing Virtual Standby:
>Edit-VMVirtualStandby -targetpath "\\servername\sharename" -pathusername "login" -pathpassword "password" -protectedserver 10.10.11.245 -vmname "name" -volumes C,F
The Enable-HyperVAutoProtection cmdlet lets you enable the auto-protection of new virtual machines (VMs) on a Hyper-V host.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Enable-HyperVAutoProtection -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -repository [name] -protectedserver [name | IP address]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Enable-HyperVAutoProtection command:
Table 92: Enable-HyperVAutoProtection 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 log on.
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-repository |
Required. The name of the repository that is associated with the Core that you want to use to store the data of the virtual machine.
Note: You must enclose the name in double quotes. |
-protectedserver |
Use this option to protect virtual machines. |
Example:
Enable auto-protection of new VMs on a Hyper-V host:
>Enable-HyperVAutoProtection -protectedserver 10.10.1.1 -repository "Repository 1"
Use the command Enable-OracleArchiveLogMode to enable or disable this mode for specific Oracle machines that are under protection.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Enable-OracleArchiveLogMode -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [name | IP address]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Enable-OracleArchiveLogMode command:
Table 93: Enable-OracleArchiveLogMode 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. |
-protectedserver |
Use this option to specify the protected machine for which you want to enable the Oracle archive log mode. |
Example:
Enable the Oracle archive log mode for a protected server:
>Enable-OracleArchiveLogMode -core 10.10.127.42 -user admin -password 676df#df -protectedserver 10.10.34.88
The Get-ActiveJobs command returns all active jobs from the Core. The -jobtype parameter could be used to observe specific jobs.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Get-ActiveJobs -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -all |
-protectedserver [server name or IP address] -number [all | f[number] |l[number] | number] -jobtype [type] -time [time]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Get-ActiveJobs command:
Table 94: Get-ActiveJobs 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 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. |
-all |
Show all jobs, including those performed by the Core and all protected servers. |
-number |
Optional. Determine how many records to display. available values are:
all (display all jobs); l[number] or [number] (fetches ## most recent jobs sorted by execution and time); f[number] (displays first ## recovery jobs sorted by execution and time). By default, the 20 most recent jobs are shown. |
-jobtype |
Optional. Specifies the job type filter. Available values are: 'transfer' (data transfer), 'repository' (repository maintenance), 'replication' (local and remote replications), 'backup' (backup and restore), 'bootcdbuilder' (create boot CDs), 'diagnostics' (upload logs), 'exchange' (Exchange Server files check), 'export' (recovery point export), 'pushinstall' (deploy agents), 'rollback' (restoring from a recovery point), 'rollup' (recovery point rollups), 'sqlattach' (agent attachability checks), and 'mount' (mount repository). By default, all jobs of the specified type are returned. |
-time |
Optional. Filter output by date and time for the job started. Available types of input include:
#d or DD (where # is a number for the period of time of days before now until now)
#h or #H (where # is number for the period of hours before now until now)
“time date 1”, “time date 2” (to show a custom range of time from a specific date appearing before the comma to a specific date following the comma). |
Example:
Lists all active jobs on the local Core:
>Get-activejobs –all
