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.

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

You can use the following scripts for each vendor:

Amazon

Azure

VMware

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

The Configure post-failover script options dialog box appears.
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 : 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.
Click Save.

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