Documentation resources

Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V provides several components to assist with protecting your virtual machines. As a result, multiple documentation resources are provided to assist with specific tasks.

Table 1. Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V documentation resources
Documentation	Contents	Location
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Version 7.1.3: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Installation and User's Guide	Overview information, strategy planning, installation, configuration, back up and restore scenarios, and command-line reference.	IBM Knowledge Center at Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
Online help for IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager backup-archive command-line client Version 7.1.3	Back up and restore tasks related to Hyper-V guests virtual machines.	Start the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive command line client using either of the following methods: On the Windows system, go to Start > Apps by name > Tivoli Storage Manager > Backup-Archive Command Line. Open an Administrator command prompt window and change to the backup-archive client installation directory (cd "C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"). Run dsmc.exe. Access the help by using either of the following methods: After you start the command line client, at the "tsm" prompt, enter help to display the table of contents for the help. To display the help in its own window, open an Administrator command prompt window and change to the backup-archive client installation directory (cd "C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"). Run dsmc.exe help to display the help table of contents. You can also append a topic title to the command to display help for a topic. For example, `dsmc help options` displays the help topic that describes how to use client options; `dsmc help backup vm` displays the help for the backup vm command.
Online help for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive GUI Version 7.1.3	Back up and restore tasks related to Hyper-V guests virtual machines.	Start the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive GUI client using either of the following methods: On the Windows system, go to Start > Apps by name > Tivoli Storage Manager > Backup-Archive GUI. Open an Administrator command prompt window and change to the backup-archive client installation directory (cd "C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"). Run dsm.exe. Access the help using either of the following methods: Select the help icon and click Help Topics or Getting started. You can also press the F1 key to open the Help Topics help.