Cmdlets > Start-DtJobFailover

Start-DtJobFailover

Starts failover

Syntax

Start-DtJobFailover [-ServiceHost] <Server> [-JobId] <Guid> [-FailoverOptions] <FailoverOptions> [<CommonParameters>]

Start-DtJobFailover [-ServiceHost] <Server> [-FailoverOptions] <FailoverOptions> -JobInfo <JobInfo> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts failover for the specified job using the specified failover options.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Pipeline Input
Service Host	Server	Specify the server object returned from the New-DtServer cmdlet. For this cmdlet, the -ServiceHost should be your target server.	true	false
JobId	Guid	Specify the job GUID returned from the New-DtJob cmdlet or the Id within the job information returned from the Get-DtJob cmdlet.	true	false
Failover Options	FailoverOptions	Specify the failover options returned from the Get-DtRecommendedFailoverOptions cmdlet.	true	false
JobInfo	JobInfo	Specify the job information returned from the Get-DtJob cmdlet. The job information can be piped from the Get-DtJob cmdlet and used in this cmdlet.	true	true

Outputs

ActivityToken

Examples

$DtServerObjectBeta = New-DtServer -Name beta -UserName domain\administrator -Password password

$DtJobForAlpha = Get-DtJob -ServiceHost $DtServerObjectBeta | Where-Object { $_.Statistics.CoreConnectionDetails.SourceMachineName -eq $DtServerObjectAlpha}

$DtFailoverOptions = Get-DtRecommendedFailoverOptions -ServiceHost $DtServerObjectBeta -JobId $DtJobForAlpha.Id

$DtFailoverOptions.FailoverOptions.PerformTestFailover = $true

Start-DtJobFailover -ServiceHost $DtServerObjectBeta -JobId $DtJobForAlpha.Id -FailoverOptions $DtFailoverOptions.FailoverOptions

Disconnect-DtServer -ServiceHost $DtServerObjectBeta

A server object is created for the server beta using the domain\administrator and password credentials. It assigns the server object to the variable called DtServerObjectBeta. The job(s) are retrieved from DtServerObjectBeta, but only the job information where the source machine name is equivalent to the name stored in the variable DtServerObjectAlpha is retrieved. That information is then stored in the variable DtJobForAlpha. The failover options are stored in DtFailoverOptions, and then the PerformTestFailover option is set to true. Failover is then started using the failover options. The connections for the server object are then closed.