Restoring a VM to another VMware vCenter

Hi @Jos Meijer

Thank you for your suggestion, I'm just wondering if it's possible to do this from PowerShell using Commvault PowerShell module commands. Anyway, thanks for pointing out another way that can be used from PowerShell without the Commvaule module commands. 

Regarding the REST API example you sent me, could you please point me to an article or example on how to authorize a session with the Commvault server by passing username/password and how can I monitor the restore process to check the current step and whether it's completed successfully or failed?

For the PowerShell SDK you can use the following page: Restore-CVVirtualMachine (commvault.com)

Here you can see the different parameters you can use.
I see there is an out of place option, but I am guessing this is for the same hypervisor as I do not see additional parameters for a different hypervisor client definition.
But I am not sure, maybe someone else has experience with this function?

For REST in general you can use this page as a guide: Commvault Rest API - Public
Don’t forget to alter the language at the top from cURL to PowerShell

Authorization can be performed with:

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

$body = "{`n  `"password`": `"<Base64 Encoded Password>`",`n  `"username`": `"<UserName>`"`n}"

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'http://WebConsoleHostName/webconsole/api/Login' -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -Body $body
$response | ConvertTo-Json

As where token renewal can be done with:

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

$body = "{
`n`"sessionId`": `"QSDK token would be auto set after POST Login is called.`",
`n`"deviceId`": `"{{CommcellName}}`"
`n}"

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'http://WebConsoleHostName/webconsole/api/RenewLoginToken' -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -Body $body
$response | ConvertTo-Json

Restore progress can be monitored by retrieving job summary based on the job id:

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Authtoken", "QSDK token would be auto set after POST Login is called.")

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'http://WebConsoleHostName/webconsole/api/Job/432' -Method 'GET' -Headers $headers
$response | ConvertTo-Json

@VladimirP do mind you have to encode your password with base64 → https://www.base64encode.org/