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9 Click OK to add the step to the recovery plan.
Create Top-Level Message Prompt Steps
You can add top-level message prompts anywhere in the recovery plan.
Prerequisites
You have a recovery plan to which to add custom steps.
Procedure
1 Click Recovery Plans in the SRM interface, and select a recovery plan.
2 Click the Recovery Steps tab.
3 Right-click a step before or after which to add a custom step, and select Add Step.
4 Select Prompt.
5 In the Name text box, type a name for the step.
6 In the Content text box, type the prompt message.
7 Select where in the sequence of steps to insert the new step.
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Before selected step
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After selected step
8 Click OK to add the step to the recovery plan.
Create Command Steps for Individual Virtual Machines
You can configure custom recovery steps to perform tasks for a virtual machine before and after SRM
powers them on.
SRM associates command steps with a protected or recovered virtual machine in the same way as
customization information. If different recovery plans contain the same virtual machine, the commands and
prompts are the same.
Prerequisites
You have a recovery plan to which to add custom steps.
Procedure
1 Click Recovery Plans in the SRM interface, and select a recovery plan.
2 Click the Virtual Machines tab.
3 Right-click a virtual machine and click Configure.
4 Select Pre-Power On Steps or Post Power On Steps in the left pane, and click Add.
5 Select Command on SRM Server or Command on Recovered VM.
6 In the Name text box, type a name for the step.
7 In the Content text box, type the commands for the step to run.
8 (Optional) Modify the Timeout setting.
9 Click OK to add the step to the recovery plan.
10 Click OK to reconfigure the virtual machine to run the command before or after it powers on.
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