Start-OBRecovery

Start-OBRecovery
    [-RecoverableItem] <CBRecoverableItem[]>
    [[-RecoveryOption] <CBRecoveryOption>]
    [[-EncryptionPassphrase] <SecureString>]
    [-Async]
    [-Confirm]
    [-WhatIf]

The Start-OBRecovery cmdlet recovers the array of OBRecoverableItem objects with the specified recovery options in OBRecoverableOptions object. In case of Alternate Server Recovery, the credential and encryption passphrase object would be required to do the recovery.

If no recovery option is specified, the following default options will be used.

1. Restore to original ___location.
2. Create copies in case of conflict.
3. Restore ACLs of the files.

When recovering data to an alternate server restore flow the cmdlet will display an error message if the OBRecoverableOptions object is not specified because there is no default original ___location in a recovery from another server.

This cmdlet supports WhatIf and Confirm parameters with a medium impact. The medium impact signifies that the cmdlet will not prompt the user for confirmation by default. The WhatIf parameter gives a verbose description of what the cmdlet does without performing any operation. The Confirm parameter specifies whether the cmdlet should prompt the user. Using -Confirm:$FALSE will override the prompt.

To use Microsoft Azure Backup cmdlets, the user needs to be an administrator on the protected machine.

$sources = Get-OBRecoverableSource



$RP = Get-OBRecoverableItem -Source $sources[0]



$passphrase = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter encryption passphrase" -AsSecureString



$pwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String Notag00dpa55word -AsPlainText -Force



$cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PsCredential -ArgumentList contoso\johnj99, $pwd



$RO = New-OBRecoveryOption -DestinationPath C:\\test -OverwriteType Overwrite



Start-OBRecovery -RecoverableItem $RP -RecoveryOption $RO -EncryptionPassphrase $passphrase -Credential $cred -Async

This example starts a recovery job.