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After reprotect, you can usually use custom recovery steps that show messages directly without
modifications. You might need to modify some custom recovery steps after a reprotect, if these steps run
commands that contain site-specific information, such as network configurations.
You can configure commands and prompts in recovery plan steps that signify completion of a particular
operation. You cannot add commands and prompts before the Configure Test networks step.
You cannot add commands and prompts to these top-level steps relevant to storage policy protection
groups:
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Test VMs Recovery complete
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Test Consistency Groups recovery complete
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Protection Groups test failover complete
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VMs Recovery complete
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Consistency Groups recovery complete
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Protection Groups recovery complete
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Protection Groups migration complete
Types of Custom Recovery Steps
You can create different types of custom recovery steps to include in recovery plans.
Custom recovery steps are either command recovery steps or message prompt steps.
Command Recovery Steps
Command recovery steps contain either top-level commands or per-virtual machine commands.
Top-Level Commands
Run on the Site Recovery Manager Server. For example, you might use these
commands to power on physical devices or to redirect network traffic.
Per-Virtual Machine
Commands
Site Recovery Manager associates per-virtual machine commands with
newly recovered virtual machines during the recovery process. You can use
these commands to complete configuration tasks after powering on a virtual
machine. You can run the commands either before or after powering on a
virtual machine. Commands that you configure to run after the virtual
machine is powered on can run either on the Site Recovery Manager Server
or in the newly recovered virtual machine. Commands that run on the newly
recovered virtual machine are run in the context of the user account that
VMware Tools uses on the recovered virtual machine. Depending on the
function of the command that you write, you might need to change the user
account that VMware Tools uses on the recovered virtual machine.
Message Prompt Recovery Steps
Present a message in the Site Recovery Manager user interface during the recovery. You can use this
message to pause the recovery and provide information to the user running the recovery plan. For example,
the message can instruct users to perform a manual recovery task or to verify steps. The only action users
can take in direct response to a prompt is to dismiss the message, which allows the recovery to continue.
Execution of Commands and Prompt Steps
For storage policy protection groups, if you add a command or prompt before the first priority virtual
machines, Site Recovery Manager executes the command or prompt after the step Apply VM policies
completes for all virtual machines.
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