Adding a Post Script for a Failover Group

Add a post script to a machine in a failover group to execute an action on the destination VM after a failover operation.

Before You Begin

Review the following information before configuring a pre or post script for the failover group.

Required Components

To use pre or post scripts, you must have the following components configured:

  • Amazon: IAM role, SSM agent

  • Azure: Azure VM agent

  • VMware: Vmware Tools/Open VM tools

Supported Scripts

You can use the following scripts for each vendor:

Amazon

  • Windows: Powershell

  • Linux: Shell Scripts

Azure

  • Windows: Powershell

  • Linux: Shell Scripts

VMware

  • Windows: Batch Scripts

  • Linux: Shell Scripts

Procedure

  1. When you add a failover group, in the Add failover group - Replication dialog box, under Virtual machines, beside a VM, click the action action_button button, and then select Add post script.

    The Configure post-failover script options dialog box appears.

  2. Enter the following information:

    • Path type: For VMware only, select UNC or Local. For Amazon and Azure, configure a UNC path.

    • Path: Enter the full UNC network path for the pre script, including the name of the script.

    • UNC Credentials: Enter credentials or use a set of saved credentials:

      • Enter credentials: Select this option to manually enter the user name and password for the UNC network.

        Username: Enter the user name for a user account that has permissions to access the network path for the script.

        Password: Enter the password for the user account.

      • Use saved credentials: Select this option to use a set of credentials that were previously saved for the UNC network.

        Credentials: Select a saved set of credentials.

        Add button Add button gray Command Center: Click this button and then enter and save a set of credentials.

    • VM Guest Options: For VMware only, enter information for a VM Guest:

      • User name: Enter the user name for a user account that has permissions to access the network path for the script.

      • Password: Enter the password for the user account.

      • Confirm password: Enter the same password.

  3. Click Save.

To use sample scripts to validate VMs that run applications, see Scripts for Application Validation.

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