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-RASLicenseActivate -Email "myaccount@email.com" -Key "YOUR-LICENSE-KEY"

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

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

#Get the list of PA servers. Get-RASPA

					
ID      Site ID         Server               Enabled          Standby           Priority
--      ------          ------               ----------       ------------      --------------           
1            1          primary.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-RASPA -Server pa.company.dom

#Promote backup PA to primary (you will have to provide a valid Parallels My Account password). Invoke-RASPAPromoteToMaster -Id $BackupPA.Id -Email "myaccount@email.com"

#After the PA promotion to Primary the session is logged out, then a new session needs to be created. Establish a connection with Parallels RAS (Replace Administrator with your RAS root account). New-RASSession Administrator -Server "pa.company.dom" -Force

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

#Get the list of PA servers. Get-RASPA

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

#End the current RAS session. Remove-RASSession

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