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Monitor Option

Command MONITOR OPTION
Description Configures the settings to determine how failover will be performed
Syntax MONitor OPTION [MOVENAME | NOMOVENAME] [, MOVEADDRESSES | NOMOVEADDRESSES] [, MOVESHARES | NOMOVESHARES] [, ADD | REPLACE] [, USESHAREFILE | NOUSESHAREFILE][, FAILONE | FAILALL] [, FODELAY | NOFODELAY] [, FBDELAY | NOFBDELAY] [, APPLY | DISCARD | REVERT] [, INTERVENTION | NOINTERVENTION] [, FOHOSTNAME | NOFOHOSTNAME] [, FBHOSTNAME | NOFBHOSTNAME] [monitor]
Options
  • MOVENAME—Moves the server name during failover
  • NOMOVENAME—Does not move the server name during failover
  • MOVEADDRESSES—Moves the IP address(es) during failover
  • NOMOVEADDRESSES—Does not move the IP address(es) during failover
  • MOVESHARES—Moves the shares during failover
  • NOMOVESHARES—Does not move the shares during failover
  • ADD—Specifies the source machine’s identity is added to the target machine’s identity when failover occurs
  • REPLACE—Specifies that the source machine’s identity replaces the target machine’s identity when failover occurs
  • USESHAREFILE—Use the Double-Take Availability generated .shr file to determine shares
  • NOUSESHAREFILE—Do not use the Double-Take Availability generated .shr file to determine shares
  • 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
  • FOHOSTNAME—Removes the host SPN from Active Directory on the source and adds it to Active Directory on the target during failover
  • NOFOHOSTNAME—Does not modify Active Directory on the source or target during failover
  • FBHOSTNAME—Returns the host SPN on the source and target back to their original settings during failback
  • NOFBHOSTNAME—Does not modify Active Directory on the source or target during failback
  • monitor—Name of the source machine designated as the monitor
Examples
  • monitor option alpha
  • mon option alpha
  • monitor option nomoveshares, nousesharefile, failone, nointervention
Notes
  • The default settings are movename, moveaddress, moveshares, add, usesharefile, failall, fodelay, fbdelay, apply, intervention, nofohostname, and nofbhostname.
  • 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 that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.