Vmautostartvm

Use the vmautostartvm option with the restore VM vmrestoretype=instantaccess command to specify whether the VM created during instant access processing is automatically powered on.

This option is only valid for VMware virtual machines. The virtual machines must be hosted on VMware ESXi 5.1 servers, or later versions. To use this option, you must have a license agreement to use IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware.

Supported Clients

Windows operating systems This option can be used with supported Windows clients.

Options file

Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or on the command line. This option is only valid when used for an operation where vmrestoretype=instantaccess.

Syntax


                  .-NO--.   
>>-VMAUTOSTARTvm--+-----+--------------------------------------><
                  '-YES-'

Parameters

NO: The VM created for instant access is not started automatically. The VM must be started manually. This is the default setting. The default provides an opportunity to reconfigure the VM before you power it on, to avoid potential conflicts with existing virtual machines.
YES: The VM created for instant access is started automatically.

Examples

Options file:

VMAUTOSTARTvm NO

Command line:

dsmc restore vm Oslo -VMRESToretype=INSTANTAccess -vmname=Oslo_verify
-VMAUTOSTARTvm=YES