HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring scripting guide (T2558-96074, February 2008)

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3. Establish a monitor to use with the remaining monitor commands by using the monitor create command.
4. Specify that you want to use the monitor that was just created by using the monitor use command.
5. Configure the monitor settings (including the IP address to monitor, the target NIC that will assume the IP address when
it fails, the monitor interval and missed packets) by using the
monitor move command.
Command MONITOR CREATE
Description Establishes a source as a failover monitor. This is the machine that will be monitored by a target in
case it should experience a failure.
Syntax
MONITOR CREATE <source>
Options source—Name of the source
Examples
monitor create alpha
Notes Machine names that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.
Command MONITOR USE
Description Specifies the source machine designated as the monitor that will be used in subsequent monitor
commands
Syntax
MONITOR USE <monitor>
Options monitor—Name of the source machine designated as the monitor
Examples
monitor use alpha
Notes Monitor names that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.
Command MONITOR MOVE
Description Designates the IP address that will be failed over to the specified target NIC
Syntax
MONITOR MOVE <IP_address> TO NIC <target_NIC>
USE NONE
| NETWORK INTERVAL <interval> TIMEOUT <timeout>
| SERVICE INTERVAL <interval> TIMEOUT <timeout>
| <NOTEST> [monitor]