Vmprocessvmwithindependent

Use this option to specify whether VMware virtual machines (VMs) that are provisioned with one or more independent disks are backed up. By default, VMs with independent disks are not backed up.

Independent disks cannot be backed up because they do not support snapshots. Therefore, review the following considerations before setting the vmprocessvmswithindependent option to yes:

Only normal disk volumes are backed up. The data on independent disks is not backed up.
Configuration information for independent disks is not backed up. Independent disks must be manually recreated on a restored machine.
If a volume is striped across both normal and independent disks, then only the portions of the volume data on the normal disks can be restored. Therefore, after the VM is restored, the volume is corrupted because the stripes on the independent disks are missing.
File level restore is supported for VMs that have normal and independent disks if no volume is striped across both normal and independent disks. Only files on the normal disks can be restored.
File level restore is not supported for VMs that have one or more volumes striped across both normal and independent disks. Use full VM restore for such VMs.

If the virtual machine contains one or more raw device mapping (RDM) volumes that are provisioned in physical compatibility mode (pRDM), use the vmprocessvmwithprdm option to specify whether the client backs up the virtual machine if a pRDM disk is present.

This feature is available only if the client operates as a data mover for IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware.

This option is only valid for VMware backups and does not pertain to Microsoft Hyper-V backups.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for Windows and Linux® clients that are configured as a VMware backup data mover. The server can also define this option.

Options File

Windows operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt) or on the command-line

Linux operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), in the client system options file (dsm.sys), or on the command-line.

Syntax

Parameters

No: The backup of the VM fails if one or more independent disk volumes are detected. No is the default.

Yes: The backup of the VM continues if one or more independent disk volumes are detected. Review the preceding considerations before using Yes.

Examples

Option file:

VMPROCESSVMWITHINDEPENDENT Yes

Command line:

dsmc backup vm vmlocal -vmbackuptype=fullvm -vmprocessvmwithindependent=yes