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Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide
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12 ClickNext.
13 SelecttherecoverypriorityfromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.
HighStartsthevirtualmachineinserialorder.
NormalandlowStartsthevirtualmachineinparallelwithothervirtual
machinesonthisESXhost.
14 ClickNext.
Adduserdefinedmessagesandcommandsstepstobeperformedbeforethis
virtualmachineispoweredon.Theseuserdesignedmessagesandcommandscan
beremovedandreordered(see“A d d Message
andCommandSteps”onpage 52).
15 ClickFinish.
Add Message and Command Steps
Youcanaddmessagesorcommandstoyourrecoveryplanoneithertheprotectedor
therecoverysiteasyouconfigurevirtualmachineproperties.Youcanaddmessageor
commandstepsbeforeorafteryoupoweron.
Messagestepsdisplayinformationintextformat.Whenarecoveryplanisrunningand
encountersamessagestep,therecoverypausesuntilyouacknowledgethetextofthe
message.Theplanthencontinuestorun.
Commandstepsarelivescriptsthatyoucaninsertintherecoveryplanalongwiththe
defaultstepsthatSiteRecoveryManagerprovides.Astherecoveryplanisrunningand
encountersacommandstep,thescriptruns.
Toaddmessageandcommandsteps,thefollowingconditionsmustbeinplace:
TheVIClientmustbeconnectedtoeithertheprotectedorrecoverysite.
TheroleofRecoveryVirtualMachineAdministratorroleorRecoveryPlans
Administrator.
Run Batch Files or Commands
TorunaWindowsbatchfileorcommand,starttheWindowscommandshellusingits
fullpath.Forexample,torunascriptlocatedinc:\alarmscript.bat,usethe
followingcommandline:
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c c:\alarmscript.bat