Site Recovery Manager makes environment variables available that you can use in commands for custom recovery steps.

Command steps run with the identity of the LocalSystem account on the Site Recovery Manager Server host at the recovery site. When a command step runs, Site Recovery Manager makes environment variables available for it to use.

Table 1. Environment Variables Available to All Command Steps
Name Value Example
VMware_RecoveryName Name of the recovery plan that is running. Plan A
VMware_RecoveryMode Recovery mode. Test or recovery
VMware_VC_Host Host name of the vCenter Server at the recovery site. vc_hostname.example.com
VMware_VC_Port Network port used to contact vCenter Server. 443

Site Recovery Manager makes additional environment variables available for per-virtual machine command steps that run either on Site Recovery Manager Server or on the recovered virtual machine.

Table 2. Environment Variables Available to Per-Virtual Machine Command Steps
Name Value Example
VMware_VM_Uuid UUID used by vCenter to uniquely identify this virtual machine. 4212145a-eeae-a02c-e525-ebba70b0d4f3
VMware_VM_Name Name of this virtual machine, as set at the protected site. My New Virtual Machine
VMware_VM_Ref Managed object ID of the virtual machine. vm-1199
VMware_VM_GuestName Name of the guest OS as defined by the VIM API. otherGuest
VMware_VM_GuestIp IP address of the virtual machine, if known. 192.168.0.103
VMware_VM_Path Path to this VMDK of this virtual machine. [datastore-123] jquser-vm2/jquser-vm2.vmdk