This cmdlet starts failover for the specified job using the specified failover options. For this cmdlet, the -ServiceHost should be your target server.

Syntax

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

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

Parameters

-FailoverOptions<FailoverOptions>

Specify the failover options returned from the Get-DtRecommendedFailoverOptions cmdlet.

Required?	true
Position?	3
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	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.

Required?	true
Position?	2
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-JobInfo<JobInfo>

Specify the job information returned from the Get-DtJob cmdlet. The job information can be piped from the Get-DtJob cmdlet.

Required?	true
Position?	named
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-ServiceHost<Server>

Specify the server object returned from the New-DtServer cmdlet.

Required?	true
Position?	1
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Examples

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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.

$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