How to Start/Stop/Restart Tools in CentOS

/etc/vmware-tools/services.sh restart

Lync helpful PowerShell commands

command to see your routing group and primary FE server - get-csuserpoolinfo 

checks if pool is ready for upgrade - get-cspoolupgradereadinessstate

This command should put the FE server in a graceful shutdown of Lync for a maintenance windows with minimal impacting end users - stop-cswindowsservice -graceful

checks the pool pairing status - Get-CsBackupServiceStatus 

Status of database replication state

• Get-CsDatabaseMirrorState -PoolFqdn -DatabaseType User
• Get-CsDatabaseMirrorState -PoolFqdn  -DatabaseType CentralMgmt

Start manual process of database fail-over to mirror

• Invoke-CsDatabaseFailover -PoolFqdn  -DatabaseType User -NewPrincipal mirror -Verbose
• Invoke-CsDatabaseFailover -PoolFqdn  -DatabaseType CentralMgmt -NewPrincipal mirror -Verbose

Start manual process of database fail-over to primary

• Invoke-CsDatabaseFailover -PoolFqdn  -DatabaseType User -NewPrincipal primary -Verbose
• Invoke-CsDatabaseFailover -PoolFqdn  -DatabaseType CentralMgmt -NewPrincipal primary -Verbose

Check fabric state of the pool - Get-cspoolfabricstate