Mount command

The mount command is supported in command mode. The following command types are available. The appropriate tags and parameters are listed alongside each command type.

add

Use this command type to mount a disk or volume of a snapshot to the system where Data Protection for VMware Recovery Agent is running. The following list identifies the tags and parameters for the add type:

• -target - This tag is required.
  Use this tag to specify the following targets:

  • Virtual volume - only for a partition mount
  • Reparse point - only for a partition mount
  • iSCSI target

  The following examples use the -target tag:

  • In the following example V: is the virtual volume mount target:

    -target "V:"

  • In the following example a reparse point volume mount target is specified:

    -target "C:\SNOWBIRD@FASTBACK\SnowbirtK\Snowbird\K\\"

  • In the following example an iSCSI target is specified:

    -target "ISCSI: target=<target_name> initiator=<initiator_name>"

• -rep - This tag is required.
  Use it to specify the Tivoli® Storage Manager server that is storing the VMware snapshots, and the Tivoli Storage Manager node that has access to the VMware backups. For example:

  tsm: ip=<ip/host_name> port=<port_number>
   node=<node_name> pass=<node_password> 

  You can also specify the as_node and from_node options. If the password field is empty, the Data Protection for VMware Recovery Agent attempts to use the password for the stored node.
• -type - This tag is required. Use it to specify that you want to mount a disk or a partition. The options are:
  • -type disk
  • -type partition
• -VMname - This tag is required. Use it to specify the VMware machine name that is source of the snapshot. The specified value is case-sensitive.
• -disk - This tag is required. Use it to specify the disk number of the source backed up VMware machine to be mounted.
• -date - This tag is required. Use it to specify the date of the snapshot that you want to mount. The date format is yyyy-Mmm-dd hh:mm:ss. For example:

  -date "2013-Apr-12 22:42:52 AM"

  To view the active (or latest) snapshot, specify last snapshot.
• -PartitionNumber - This tag is optional. If the -type is partition, enter the partition number to mount.
• -ro|-fw - Use this tag to specify whether the mounted volume is read-only (-ro) or fake-write (-fw).

The following example shows how to specify the add type to mount a disk:

mount add -rep "tsm: ip=10.10.10.01 port=1500 node=tsm-ba pass=password"
-target "iscsi: target=test1 initiator=initiator_name" -type disk 
-vmname VM-03ENT -disk 1 -date "2013-Jan-21 10:46:57 AM"

In this example, a snapshot of VMware named VM-03ent is located on a Tivoli Storage Manager server with IP 10.10.10.01. Disk number 1 of this snapshot is mounted to the system where Data Protection for VMware Recovery Agent is running.

del

Use this command type to dismount one or all mounted backups from the system where Data Protection for VMware Recovery Agent is running. The following list identifies the tags and parameters for the del type:

• -target - This tag is required. Use this tag to specify the target for dismounting. The target for dismounting can be a virtual volume, reparse point, or iSCSI target created using the mount command. Use the everything variable to dismount all mounted backups.
• -force - Use this tag to force an unmount. The default option is not to force an unmount if the target is currently in use.

For example, to force an unmount of a snapshot that is currently mounted at the directory, c:\gever, use the following command:

mount del -target "c:\gever" -force

To dismount a snapshot currently mounted as volume V:, use the following command:

mount del -target V:

To dismount a snapshot currently mounted as an iSCSI target, use the following command:

mount del -target "ISCSI:<target_name>"

dump

Use this command type to get a list of all the available backups to mount.

• -rep - This tag is required. Use this tag to specify the Tivoli Storage Manager server storing the VMware snapshots, and to specify the Tivoli Storage Manager node that has access to the VMware backups. For example:

  tsm: ip=<IP/host name> port=<PortNumber>
  node=<NodeName> pass=<NodePassword>

• -file - This tag is optional. Use this tag to identify a file name to store the dump text. If this tag is not specified, the dump text is printed only to stdout.

The following examples show how to specify the dump type:

• List all the available backed up VMs.

  mount dump –type TSM –for TSMVE -rep P -request 
  ListVM [–file <FileNameAndPath>]

• List all the available disk snapshots of a VMware.

  mount dump –type TSM –for TSMVE -rep P -request 
  ListSnapshots -VMName P [-file <FileNameAndPath>]

• List all the available partitions of a disk snapshot.

  mount dump –type TSM –for TSMVE -rep P -request 
  ListPartitions -VMName P -disk P -date P [-file <FileNameAndPath>]

remove

Use this type to remove the connection to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. A connection cannot be removed when it is in use, such as when mounted volumes exist. There is only one tag for the remove type:

• -rep - This tag is required. Use this tag to specify the Tivoli Storage Manager server connection to be removed.

In the following example, remove the connection to a Tivoli Storage Manager server (10.10.10.01) using node NodeName:

mount remove -rep "tsm: NodeName@ip"

view

Use this type to view a list of all mounted snapshots. This type has no tags. The following example uses the view type:

mount view