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Failing over from the command line

You can configure connections and initiate failover without using the Full-Server Failover Manager user interface. The same executable that launches the user interface can be used from a command prompt with options. The command line execution opens the user interface, passes through specified parameters, and initiates specified processes. You may want to use this alternate execution if you have different configuration files that you want to execute or if you have multiple connections. The Full-Server Failover Manager command can be initiated one at a time from a command prompt, or it can be scripted. The Full-Server Failover Manager executable is located in the installation directory.

Command	FFMANAGER
Description	Initiates the Full-Server Failover Manager user interface, passes through specified parameters, and initiates specified processes
Syntax	FFMANAGER /SOURCE source_name /TARGET target_name/USERNAME username /PASSWORD password /VALIDATE /FIXALL /PROTECT /FAILOVER /LOGLEVEL number /CONFIG filename
Options	SOURCE source_name—Name of the source TARGET target_name—Name of the target USERNAME username—Name of a user who is a member of the Double-Take Admin security group PASSWORD password—Password associated with the specified user VALIDATE—Validates the configuration of the two servers to make sure they are compatible FIXALL—Corrects those errors that Full-Server Failover can automatically correct PROTECT—Initiates the connection between the source and target FAILOVER—Initiates failover from the source to the target LOGLEVEL number—Specifies the level of detailed logged based on the following numbers. 2—Informational messages are logged 3—Informational and error messages are logged 4—Informational, error, and exception messages are logged 5—Informational, error, exception, and debug messages are logged. This is the default setting. 6—Informational, error, exception, debug, and internal coding messages are logged CONFIG filename—Name of the file that contains the failover options. If no file is specified, the FFMDefaults.xml file will be used.
Examples	ffmanager /source alpha /target beta /username administrator /password password /validate /fixall /protect ffmanager /source alpha /target beta /username administrator /password password /validate /failover
Notes	If you do not specify any options with this command, the Full-Server Failover Manager user interface will open. The fields will be blank and no processing will occur.