Ping VM Network

This step pings the selected machine and VMNICs until a stable response is received or timeout exceeds.

You can override the following parameters for the Ping VM Network step:

Parameter

Description

Default Value

Critical Step

Defines whether the step is critical for machine recovery.

If you mark the step as Critical, its failure for a machine from a critical inventory group will halt the plan.

No

Timeout

Maximum amount of time (in seconds) for the step to execute.

600

Retries

Number of retries that will be attempted if the step fails on the first try.

0

Run Step During Undo and Failback

Defines whether the step will be executed during the Failback and Undo Failover operations.

Execute

Run Step During a DataLab Test

Defines whether the step will be executed during plan testing in a DataLab.

Execute

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