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dpmvc-faulttolerance Command--Specify Fault Tolerant Operations (Funclet)

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>

-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.