Parallels RAS PowerShell - PA Promote Example

#Establish a connection with Parallels RAS (Replace Administrator with your RAS root account). New-RASSession Administrator

###### FARM CONFIGURATION ######

#Activate Parallels RAS with a valid key (you will have to provide a valid Parallels My Account password). Invoke-LicenseActivate -Email "[email protected]" -Key "YOUR-LICENSE-KEY"

#Add the backup PA server. New-PA -Server pa.company.dom

#Apply all settings. This cmdlet performs the same action as the Apply button in the RAS console. Invoke-Apply

#Get the list of PA servers. Get-PA

					
ID      Site ID         Server               Enabled          Standby           Priority
--      ------          ------               ----------       ------------      --------------           
1            1          master.company.dom   True             False             0
2            1          pa.company.dom       True             False             1

#End the current RAS session. Remove-RASSession

###### END FARM CONFIGURATION ######

###### TESTING PA PROMOTION ######

#Establish a connection with Parallels RAS (Replace Administrator with your RAS root account). New-RASSession Administrator -Server "pa.company.dom" -Force

#Get the backup PA server. $BackupPA = Get-PA -Server pa.company.dom

#Promote backup PA to master (you will have to provide a valid Parallels My Account password). Invoke-PAPromoteToMaster -Id $BackupPA.Id -Email "[email protected]"

#Apply all settings. This cmdlet performs the same action as the Apply button in the RAS console. Invoke-Apply

#Get the list of PA servers. Get-PA

					
ID      Site ID         Server               Enabled          Standby           Priority
--      ------          ------               ----------       ------------      --------------           
1            1          master.company.dom   True             False             1
2            1          pa.company.dom       True             False             0

#End the current RAS session. Remove-RASSession

###### END TESTING PA PROMOTION ######