Invoke-PASVRMFailover
Invoke-PASVRMFailover
SYNOPSIS
Initiates DR failover to the DR site
SYNTAX
Invoke-PASVRMFailover [[-BaseURI] <String>] [-DRAddress] <String> [[-serviceUserName] <String>]
[-servicePassword] <SecureString> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Initiates a disaster recovery failover operation to switch operations to the DR site. This is a critical operation that should only be performed during an actual disaster recovery scenario or planned failover test. Requires authentication with the PARAgent service credentials and supports WhatIf for testing.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
PS C:\> $password = ConvertTo-SecureString -String 'P@ssw0rd' -AsPlainText -Force
PS C:\> Invoke-PASVRMFailover -DRAddress dr-vault.company.com -servicePassword $password -Confirm:$false
Initiates a failover to the DR Vault at the specified address
PARAMETERS
-BaseURI
The URL of the PVWA server. If not specified, uses the BaseURI from New-PASSession
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
-DRAddress
The IP address or hostname of the DR Vault server
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
-serviceUserName
The PARAgent user name. Defaults to Administrator
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: Administrator
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
-servicePassword
The PARAgent password as a SecureString
Type: SecureString
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.