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= migrate-timers

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== migrate-timers

Moves EJB timers when a clustered instance was stopped or has crashed

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=== Synopsis

[source]
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asadmin [asadmin-options] migrate-timers [--help]
[--target target_server_name]
server_name
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=== Description

The `migrate-timers` subcommand moves EJB timers to a specified server
when a server instance stops or crashes, if automatic timer migration is
not enabled in the cluster configuration. This subcommand is supported
in remote mode only.

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=== Options

asadmin-options::
  Options for the `asadmin` utility. For information about these
  options, see the link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)] help page.
`--help`::
`-?`::
  Displays the help text for the subcommand.
`--target`::
  This is the target server instance. If this option is not specified,
  then DAS will find a server instance or multiple server instances. A
  migration notification will be sent to the selected server instances.
`--destination`::
  This option is deprecated. It works exactly as the `--target` option
  does.

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=== Operands

server_name::
  This is the server instance on which the timers are currently located.
  This server instance should not be running during the migration
  process.

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=== Examples

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==== Example 1   Migrating Timers

This example shows how to migrate timers from the server named
`instance1` to a server named `instance2`.

[source]
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asadmin>migrate-timers --target instance2 instance1
This command was successfully executed.
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=== Exit Status

0::
  command executed successfully
1::
  error in executing the command

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=== See Also

link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)]

link:list-timers.html#list-timers-1[`list-timers`(1)]