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

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4. Initiate failback by using the failback command. If you specified a pre-failback script in your failover configuration, that
script will be executed at this time.
When prompted to determine if you want to continue monitoring the source, either connect the source to the network or
change the source back to its original identity. Once the source is back online, enter
Y or N to indicate if you want to continue
monitoring the source. After you have selected whether or not to continue monitoring the source machine, the source
post-failback script, if configured, will be started.
Command FAILBACK
Description Initiates the failback process for the specified monitor machine
Syntax
FAILBACK <monitor> [ON <target>] [REMONITOR|NOREMONITOR]
Options  monitor—Name of the source machine designated as the monitor
 target—Name of the target, an IP address on the target, or a virtual IP address
 REMONITOR—Automatically continues monitoring the source machine after failback
 NOREMONITOR—Automatically discontinues monitoring the source machine after failback.
Examples
failback alpha on beta
Notes  If you do not select remonitor or noremonitor, you will be prompted after failback is
complete to select whether or not to continue monitoring.
 Options that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.
NOTE: The source machine must be online and Storage Mirroring must be running to ensure that the source
post-failback script can be started. If the source has not completed its boot process, the command to start the
script may be lost and the script will not be initiated.