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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.