I have the same problem buddy.Thank you very much buddy for your suggestions...i will try to execute your idea..however i didnt get u fully...do u want me to pass the useNode value to deploy command ? i was thinking of doing this using workflow tasks...first i will verify the status of primary RX in an external task using nmap command.for this task i will use success and failure attributes to transit to the next tasks according to the status of Primary RX.i will use the deploy command in the next transition(external) task by passing secondary Rx node name as an argument which is configured in deployment conf file or odnodes.xml.what do u think of my idea...plz reply me if it is a good one to implement.anyways thanks for ur suggestions once again.bye.