User guide

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The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for
example, "pause".)
A post-recovery command will not be executed if the recovery proceeds with reboot.
To specify pre/post commands
1. Enable pre/post commands execution by checking the following options:
 Execute before the recovery
 Execute after the recovery
2. Do any of the following:
 Click Edit to specify a new command or a batch file
 Select the existing command or the batch file from the drop-down list
3. Click OK.
5.7.7.1 Pre-recovery command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed before the recovery process starts
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command’s execution arguments, if required.
4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the
table below.
5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.
Check box Selection
Fail the task if the command
execution fails*
Selected
Cleared
Selected
Cleared
Do not recover until the
command execution is
complete
Selected
Selected
Cleared
Cleared
Result
Preset
Perform the recovery
only after the
command is
successfully executed.
Fail the task if the
command execution
failed.
Perform the
recovery after the
command is
executed despite
execution failure
or success.
N/A
Perform the
recovery
concurrently with
the command
execution and
irrespective of the
command execution
result.
* A command is considered failed if its exit code is not equal to zero.
5.7.7.2 Post-recovery command
To specify a command/executable file to be executed after the recovery is completed
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file.