Failover Job Wizard for VMware: Options

On this page of the wizard, set the options for the VMware failover job:

Job Options

The following failover job options are available for editing:

  1. Job name: A string of 50 or fewer characters specifying the name of the failover job.

  2. Power off source VMs: Select this checkbox to power off source VMs when the failover job has completed.

Pre and Post Actions

The following pre- and post-job actions can be set up:

  1. Send job run reports to: When selected, a job report is sent to specified recipients each time the failover job has completed. This overrides the default setting in the NAKIVO Backup & Replication Settings.

  2. Run local pre job script: When selected, a dialog box opens in which you can specify the following options of the pre-job script to be executed:

    • Script path: A local path to the script on the machine where the Director is installed. A script interpreter should be specified as well.

    • Job behavior: The following options are available:

      • Wait for the script to finish: This is the default option.

      • Do not wait for the script to finish.

    • Error handling: The following options are available:

      • Continue the job on script failure: This is the default option.

      • Fail the job on script failure.

  3. Run local post job script: When selected, a dialog box opens in which you can specify options of the post-job script to be executed on the machine where the product is installed. The options are similar to the ones of the pre-job script.

Completing the New Replication Failover Job Wizard for VMware

Click Finish or Finish & Run to complete the job creation.

Note
If you click Finish & Run, you will have to define the scope of your job. Refer to Running Jobs on Demand for details.