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dpmvc faulttolerance Command--Specify Fault Tolerant Operations

The dpmvc faulttolerance command turns on, turns off, enables, disables, tests fault tolerance, or migrates the secondary VM.

This command has the following format:

dpmvc faulttolerance
-turn_on -vm_name <value> [-esx_host_name <value>]|
-turn_off -vm_name <value>|
-enable -vm_name <value>|
-disable -vm_name <value>|
-test_ft -vm_name <value>|
-migrate_secondary -vm_name <value> -esx_host_name <value>
[-sc <value>]
[-wait <value>]
[-pre]
[-post]
[-locale iso639value]

-turn_on

Turns on fault tolerance for the specified VM.

(Optional) Specifies the ESX host name of the secondary VM.

-turn_off

Turns off fault tolerance for the specified VM.

Note: This operation deletes the secondary VM.

-enable

Enables fault tolerance for the specified VM.

-disable

Disables fault tolerance for the specified VM.

-test_ft

Tests fault tolerance on the specified VM.

-migrate_secondary

Migrates the fault tolerance secondary VM to another ESX server. The -esx_host_name option is required.

-vm_name

Defines the name of computer resource.

-esx_host_name

Specifies the ESX server where the VM resides.

-vc_server

Specifies virtual center server host name.

-sc

(Optional) Specifies the URL for the service controller host.

-wait

(Optional) Specifies that the CLI displays the status of the job and does not return until the operation completes.

-pre

(Optional) Specifies whether to generate an event before the operation is performed.

-post

(Optional) Specifies whether to generate an event after the operation is performed.

-locale iso639value

(Optional) Specifies an IS0 639_3166 combination (for example: fr_FR for French) to override the default English output. To use the locale of the command prompt, specify "native".