Invoke-AzIotHubManualFailover

Invoke failover process for the IoT Hub to the geo-paired disaster recovery region.

Syntax

Invoke-AzIotHubManualFailover
      [-ResourceGroupName] <String>
      [-Name] <String>
      [-AsJob]
      [-PassThru]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Invoke-AzIotHubManualFailover
      [-InputObject] <PSIotHub>
      [-AsJob]
      [-PassThru]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Invoke-AzIotHubManualFailover
      [-ResourceId] <String>
      [-AsJob]
      [-PassThru]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

It will trigger the failover your IoT hub to the secondary location. This action will cause down time and telemetry loss to your solution. This is a long running operation and could take several minutes to finish. Please exercise with caution when using it.

Examples

Example 1

Invoke-AzIotHubManualFailover -ResourceGroupName "myresourcegroup" -Name "myiothub"

Initiating failover process of "myiothub" IoT Hub.

Example 2

Invoke-AzIotHubManualFailover -ResourceGroupName "myresourcegroup" -Name "myiothub" -AsJob

Initiating failover process of "myiothub" IoT Hub in the background.

Parameters

-AsJob

Run cmdlet in the background

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with Azure.

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-InputObject

Iot Hub Object

Type:PSIotHub
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Name of the Iot Hub

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-PassThru

Allows to return the boolean object. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ResourceGroupName

Name of the Resource Group

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ResourceId

Iot Hub Resource Id

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

PSIotHub

String

Outputs

Boolean