Monitor Option
Command
MONITOR OPTION
Description
Configures the settings to determine how failover will be performed
Syntax
MONitor OPTION [, MOVEADDRESSES | NOMOVEADDRESSES] [, FAILONE | FAILALL] [, FODELAY | NOFODELAY] [, FBDELAY | NOFBDELAY] [, APPLY | DISCARD | REVERT] [, INTERVENTION | NOINTERVENTION] [monitor]
Options
- MOVEADDRESSES—Moves the IP address(es) during failover
- NOMOVEADDRESSES—Does not move the IP address(es) during failover, however this option is currently not functioning and will move the addresses
- FAILONE—When multiple IP addresses exist on a monitor machine, only the failed address is failed over to the target machine
- FAILALL—When multiple IP addresses exist on a monitor machine, all of the addresses will fail over to the target machine even if only one address fails
- FODELAY—Guarantees that the pre-failover script has completed before failing over
- NOFODELAY—Does not guarantee that the pre-failbover script has completed before failing over
- FBDELAY—Guarantees that the pre-failback script has completed before failing back
- NOFBDELAY—Does not guarantee that the pre-failback script has completed before failing back
- APPLY—When failover is triggered, apply the data that is in the target queue before beginning failover
- DISCARD—When failover is triggered, discard the data that is in the target queue and begin failover immediately
- REVERT—When failover is triggered, revert the target to the last known good Double-Take Availability state
- INTERVENTION—Specifies that network administrator intervention is required before failover begins
- NOINTERVENTION—Specifies that network administrator intervention is not required before failover begins
- monitor—Name of the source machine designated as the monitor
Examples
- monitor option alpha
- mon option alpha
- monitor option failone, nointervention
Notes
- The default settings are moveaddress, failall, fodelay, fbdelay, apply, and intervention.
- The options can be used in any combination and in any order. The first option does not require a comma, but the second and remaining options do require a comma before the option.
- Monitor names, except for IP addresses, that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.