SSERB6_8.2.1 - Documentation Index

Table of Contents

• Welcome
• What's new
• Data Protection for VMware
  • What's new
    • Data Protection for VMware updates
    • Release notes
    • Version 8.2 readmes
  • Protection for VMs
    • Backup and restore types
    • How IBM Storage Protect nodes are used in a virtual environment
      • Mount proxy node and data mover node requirements
    • How Virtual Volumes are used in a virtual environment
    • Tape media guidelines
    • Controlling which disks are processed
    • VM templates and vApps in a vSphere environment
    • Automated client failover
    • Out-of-space errors on VMware datastores
    • Full VM instant restore environment requirements
    • VMware vCenter Server user privilege requirements
  • Managing data with the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in
    • Getting started
    • Available features
    • Connecting to the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI
    • Enabling tagging support
      • Setting a data mover node as a tag-based node
      • Creating tags in the VMware inventory
    • Creating a schedule that is compatible with tagging
      • Creating a schedule by using IBM Storage Protect Operations Center
      • Creating a schedule by using the DEFINE SCHEDULE command
        • Creating a schedule group
    • Configuring backup policies
      • Selecting schedules for backing up virtual machines
      • Excluding or including virtual machines from scheduled backup services
      • Specifying the retention policy of virtual machine backups
      • Selecting a data mover for backing up a virtual machine
      • Protecting virtual machine disks by setting the disk protection
      • Setting the data consistency of virtual machine backups
      • Enabling application protection for a virtual machine
    • Managing backup operations for virtual machines
      • Managing backup schedules for a vCenter
      • Viewing backup schedule history for a vCenter
      • Starting an on-demand backup of a virtual machine
      • Canceling a backup of a virtual machine
      • Viewing the status of backup operations for virtual machines
        • Viewing the backup history for virtual machines
      • Setting the at-risk policy for a virtual machine
    • Managing data movers for a vCenter
    • Monitoring mount proxies for a vCenter
    • Restoring a virtual machine
    • Dismounting a virtual machine
  • Getting started with file restore
    • Common tasks for restoring files
    • File restore prerequisites
    • Logging in to restore files
    • Restoring files from a virtual machine backup
  • Protection for in-guest applications
    • Microsoft Exchange Server data protection in VMware environments
      • Configuring the software for Exchange Server data protection in a VMware environment
        • Configuring Data Protection for VMware
        • Verifying that the configuration backs up data that can be restored
        • Configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server
      • Managing backups
        • Scheduling virtual machine backups
        • Updating mailbox information in Microsoft Exchange Server backups
        • Verifying backups
        • Troubleshooting VSS backup operations on guest virtual machines
        • Verifying that virtual machine backups do not exclude Microsoft Exchange Server volumes
      • Restoring data
        • Starting the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
        • Restoring database backups by using the graphical user interface
        • Restoring backups of another virtual machine
        • Restoring mailbox data
        • Restoring relocated and deleted mailboxes
        • Restoring mailbox messages interactively with the Mailbox Restore Browser
        • Restoring data by using the command-line interface
        • Restoring data by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
      • IBM Storage Protect file space information
    • Microsoft SQL Server data protection in VMware environments
      • Configuring the software for SQL Server data protection in a VMware environment
        • Configuring Data Protection for VMware
        • Verifying that the configuration backs up data that can be restored
        • Configuring Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
      • Managing backups
        • Scheduling virtual machine backups
        • Scheduling Microsoft SQL Server log backups
        • Verifying backups
        • Managing versions of backups
        • Verifying that virtual machine backups do not exclude Microsoft SQL Server volumes
      • Restoring data
        • Starting the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
        • Restoring database backups by using the graphical user interface
        • Restoring data by using the command-line interface
        • Restoring Microsoft SQL Server log backups
        • Restoring relocated and deleted mailboxes
      • Sample script for validating full virtual machine backups
      • IBM Storage Protect file space information
    • Application protection for Active Directory domain controllers
  • Installing and upgrading Data Protection for VMware
    • Installable components
      • Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI
      • IBM Storage Protect recovery agent
      • IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in
      • Data Protection for VMware command-line interface
      • IBM Storage Protect file restore interface
      • Data mover feature
    • Planning to install Data Protection for VMware
      • Installation roadmap
      • Installation scenarios
      • System requirements
        • File restore prerequisites
        • Required installation permissions
        • Required communication ports
        • VMware vCenter Server user privilege requirements
    • Installing the Data Protection for VMware components
      • Obtaining the Data Protection for VMware installation package
      • Installing the Data Protection for VMware components by using the installation wizard
        • Installing the components on Windows systems
        • Installing Data Protection for VMware on Linux systems
        • Performing a clean installation of Data Protection for VMware on Linux
      • Installing the Data Protection for VMware components in silent mode
        • Installing Data Protection for VMware on Windows systems in silent mode
        • Installing Data Protection for VMware on Linux systems in silent mode
      • Taking the first steps after you install
        • Configuration worksheet
        • Accessing the vSphere GUI
    • Validating the digital signature of the client package on Data Protection for VMware
    • Upgrading Data Protection for VMware
      • Upgrading Data Protection for VMware
      • Upgrading Data Protection for VMware on a Windows system in silent mode
      • Upgrading Data Protection for VMware on a Linux system in silent mode
      • Upgrading Data Protection for VMware in a vCenter Server Linked Mode environment
    • Uninstalling Data Protection for VMware
      • Uninstalling Data Protection for VMware on Windows
      • Uninstalling Data Protection for VMware for Windows in silent mode
      • Uninstalling Data Protection for VMware on a Linux system
    • Modifying an existing installation of Data Protection for VMware
      • Modifying packages in an existing installation of Data Protection for VMware
      • Modifying features in an existing installation of Data Protection for VMware
  • Configuring Data Protection for VMware
    • Configuring a new installation with the wizard on Windows
    • Configuring a new installation with the wizard on Linux
    • Configuring a multiserver environment
      • Configuring a default backup server
      • Configuring additional backup servers
      • Creating schedules with additional backup servers
      • Running ad hoc backups
      • Running ad hoc restore operations
    • Using the notebook to edit an existing installation
    • Enabling the environment for file restore operations
      • Setting up file restore operations on Linux
    • Modifying options for file restore operations
      • File restore options
    • Configuring log activity for file restore operations
      • File restore log activity options
    • Configuring a data mover node for tagging support
    • Configuring your environment for full virtual machine instant restore operations
    • Configuring security settings for Data Protection for VMware
      • Configuring security settings to connect data mover and VMCLI nodes to the IBM Storage Protect server
        • Configuring by using the default security settings (fast path)
        • Configuring without automatic certificate distribution
      • Configuring Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI communication using the Transport Layer Security
        • Enabling secure communication with the IBM Storage Protect server
        • Using a certificate from a certificate authority
          • Obtaining access to the keystore
          • Creating a certificate signing request
          • Sending the certificate signing request to the certificate authority
          • Receiving the signed certificate
      • Configuring Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI communication to vCenter server
    • VMware vCenter Server user privilege requirements
    • Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI user roles
    • Data Protection for VMware GUI registration keys
    • Configuring the recovery agent GUI
      • Enabling secure communication from the recovery agent to the IBM Storage Protect server
        • Enabling secure communication by using an IBM Storage Protect server self-signed certificate
        • Enabling secure communication by using a third-party certificate
    • Locale settings
    • Log file activity
    • Starting and running services for Data Protection for VMware
    • Advanced configuration tasks
      • Setting up the IBM Storage Protect nodes in a vSphere environment
      • Setting up data mover nodes with the vSphere plug-in GUI
      • Manually setting up the data mover nodes in a vSphere environment
        • Setting up Windows data mover nodes
        • Setting up Linux data mover nodes
      • Configuring the Data Protection for VMware command-line interface in a vSphere environment
      • vSphere environment command-line interface configuration checklist
      • Tape configuration guidelines
      • Manually configuring an iSCSI device on a Linux system
      • Manually configuring an iSCSI device on a Windows system
      • Manually configuring the mount proxy nodes on a Linux system
      • Manually configuring the mount proxy nodes on a remote Windows system
      • Manually configuring file restore capabilities on a secondary server on a remote Windows system
      • Manually configuring multiple client acceptor services on a Linux system
      • Modifying the VMCLI configuration file
    • Migrating to an incremental-forever incremental backup strategy
  • Data Protection for VMware commands and options
    • dsmc command-line interface
      • dsmc commands
      • dsmc command options
    • vmcli command-line interface
      • Backup
      • Restore
      • Inquire_config
      • Inquire_detail
      • Set_domain
      • Set_option
      • Set_password
      • Get_password_info
      • Start_guest_scan
      • Profile parameters
    • Recovery Agent command-line interface
      • Starting the Recovery Agent command-line interface
      • Recovery Agent command-line interface overview
        • Mount command
        • Set_connection command
        • Help command
        • Recovery Agent command-line interface return codes
  • Backing up VMware data
    • Backing up virtual machine data to IBM Storage Protect
      • Setting options for an incremental forever backup schedule
    • Backing up virtual machine data to local disks
    • Backing up migrated virtual machines
    • Backing up organization vDCs to IBM Storage Protect
    • Backing up data by disk usage
      • Scenario: Including four disks for backup processing
      • Scenario: Excluding four disks for backup processing
      • Scenario: Separating disks for backup and restore processing
    • Backing up virtual machines by domain level
      • Scenario: Backing up virtual machines by cluster server
      • Scenario: Backing up virtual machines by VMware datastore
      • Scenario: Backing up virtual machines by name pattern
    • Backing up multiple virtual machines in parallel (optimized backup)
      • Examples: Backing up multiple virtual machines in parallel
    • Backing up virtual machines that host Active Directory controllers
    • Specifying a management class to associate objects
      • Scenario: Specifying a management class for VMware backups in a vSphere environment
      • Scenario: Specifying a management class for VMware control files in a vSphere environment
    • Specifying objects to include in backup and restore operations
      • Scenario: Specifying objects to include for backup and restore operations in a vSphere environment
  • Restoring VMware data
    • Mounting a virtual machine disk and exporting the volumes
    • vSphere environment restore scenario
    • Full VM instant restore scenarios
      • Full VM instant restore cleanup and repair scenarios
    • Full VM instant restore integrity validation scenarios
    • Verifying Active Directory replication
    • Restoring a virtual disk using multiple sessions
    • Restoring virtual disks using a CSV file
  • Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting file restore operations
      • Trace options for file restore
      • File restore solutions
      • File restore operations limitations
      • Linux file restore operations limitations
      • Windows file restore operations limitations
    • VMware attributes
    • Accepting self-signed SSL certificates
    • Verifying a Data Protection for VMware self-signed web server certificate
    • Troubleshooting IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in problems
      • Resolving Platform Services Controller connection problems
      • Enabling tracing
      • Resolving administrator ID not found messages
      • Messages for the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in
    • Diagnosing problems
      • Running Must-Gather scripts
  • IBM Storage Protect recovery agent operations
    • Mounting snapshots with the recovery agent
    • Restoring files with the recovery agent
    • Restoring volumes instantly with the recovery agent
      • Restoring volumes instantly from a Windows system with the recovery agent
  • Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI messages
    • GVM messages
  • IBM Storage Protect recovery agent messages
    • FBP messages
• Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
  • What's new
    • Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V updates
    • Release notes
    • Version 8.2 readmes
  • Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
    • Back up Hyper-V virtual machines
      • VM backups with Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
      • VM backups with resilient change tracking (RCT)
    • Restore Hyper-V virtual machines
    • User interfaces for Hyper-V operations
    • How IBM Storage Protect nodes are used
    • Policy management at the virtual machine level
    • Incremental forever backup strategy
      • Snapshot management with Windows PowerShell
    • Automated client failover for Data Protection for Hyper-V
    • Limitations on Hyper-V backup operations
    • Documentation resources
  • Installing and upgrading Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Planning to install Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
      • Features that are installed
      • System requirements
      • Required communication ports
      • Automatic reboot
    • Validating the digital signature of the client package on Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Upgrading Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
      • Compatibility with different versions
      • Renaming nodes on the IBM Storage Protect server
      • Customizing node names
      • Upgrade considerations for RCT backups
      • Migrating from VSS backups to RCT backups
      • Upgrading by using the installation wizard
    • Installing Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V components
      • Download and extract the installation package
      • Installing with the wizard
        • Typical installation
        • Installing only the Microsoft Management Console
        • Installing only the data mover
      • Uninstalling Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
      • Installing in silent mode
      • Uninstalling in silent mode
      • Installing on Windows Server Core systems
      • Uninstalling on Windows Server Core systems
      • Installing the Linux mount proxy
        • Upgrading the Linux mount proxy feature
        • Installing the Linux mount proxy feature
        • Installing in silent mode
      • Uninstalling the Linux mount proxy feature
      • Removing the file restore feature
  • Configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V with the wizard
    • Configuring security settings for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
      • Configuring security settings to connect to IBM Storage Protect server version 8.1.1 or earlier or version 7.1.7 or earlier
    • Enabling the environment for file restore operations
    • Configuring the Linux mount proxy for file restore operations
    • Checking the configuration of the Linux file restore environment
    • Modifying options for file restore operations
      • Options for file restore operations
    • Configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V log activity
      • Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V log activity options
    • Configuring the IBM Storage Protect recovery agent GUI
      • Enabling secure communication from the recovery agent to the IBM Storage Protect server
        • Enabling secure communication by using an IBM Storage Protect server self-signed certificate
        • Enabling secure communication by using a third-party certificate
    • Manually configuring an iSCSI device
    • Advanced configuration
      • Configuring non-default port numbers for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations
      • Tuning scheduled VM backups for Windows Server 2012 clusters
  • Managing data with the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console
    • Starting the management console
    • Navigating the management console
      • Navigation pane
      • Results pane
        • Virtual Machines view
        • Schedule History view
        • Tasks table
      • Actions pane
    • Verifying the configuration of Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Managing backup schedules for a host or cluster machine
    • Setting the at-risk policy for a virtual machine
    • Viewing the schedule history for a Hyper-V host or cluster
    • Viewing the backup status and backup history of a virtual machine
    • Running an ad hoc backup of a virtual machine
    • Restoring a virtual machine
    • Best practices for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Getting started with file restore operations
    • File restore tasks
    • File restore prerequisites
    • Logging in to restore files
    • Restoring files from a virtual machine backup
  • Protecting in-guest applications
    • Protecting Microsoft Exchange Server data in Hyper-V environments
      • Installing and configuring software
        • Step 1 (Hyper-V host): Install and configure Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
        • Step 2 (Guest VM): Install and configure Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server
        • Step 3 (Hyper-V host): Configure Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V for application protection
        • Step 4 (Guest VM): Restore a database
        • Optional: Configuring application protection after a virtual machine name change
      • Managing backup operations
        • Scheduling virtual machine backups
        • Updating mailbox information in Microsoft Exchange Server backups
        • Verifying backups
        • Verifying that Microsoft Exchange Server volumes are not excluded in virtual machine backups
      • Restoring data
        • Starting the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
        • Restoring database backups by using the graphical user interface
        • Restoring backups of another virtual machine
        • Restoring mailbox data
        • Restoring data by using the command-line interface
        • Restoring data by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
      • IBM Storage Protect file space information
    • Protecting Microsoft SQL Server data in Hyper-V environments
      • Installing and configuring software
        • Step 1 (Hyper-V host): Install and configure Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
        • Step 2 (Guest VM): Install and configure Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
        • Step 3 (Hyper-V host): Configure Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V for application protection
        • Step 4 (Guest VM): Restore a database
        • Optional: Configuring application protection after a virtual machine name change
      • Managing backup operations
        • Scheduling virtual machine backups
        • Scheduling Microsoft SQL Server log backups
        • Verifying backups
        • Managing versions of backups
        • Verifying that Microsoft SQL Server volumes are not excluded in virtual machine backups
      • Restoring data
        • Starting the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
        • Restoring database backups by using the graphical user interface
        • Restoring data by using the command-line interface
        • Restoring Microsoft SQL Server log backups
        • Restoring relocated and deleted databases
      • Sample script for validating full virtual machine backups
      • IBM Storage Protect file space information
    • Troubleshooting application protection of guest virtual machines
      • Troubleshooting VSS backup and restore operations on guest virtual machines
  • Running instant access operations
    • Verifying the integrity of a VM backup from the command line
    • Freeing instant access resources by using the command line
    • Running instant access operations from the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console
    • Removing an instant access VM from the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console
    • Restrictions on instant access VMs after a Hyper-V host is restarted
  • Protecting virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
    • Preparing to use PowerShell cmdlets
    • PowerShell cmdlets for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Tasks that you can run with PowerShell cmdlets
  • Command reference
    • Reading syntax diagrams
    • Backup VM
    • Expire
    • Query VM
    • Restore VM
      • Preview virtual machine restore operations
  • Options reference
    • Dateformat
    • Detail
    • Domain.vmfull
    • Exclude.vmdisk
    • Inactive
    • Include.vm
    • Include.vmdisk
    • INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS
    • INCLUDE.VMTSMVSS
      • Shadow copy considerations for restoring an application protection backup from the data mover
    • Mode
    • Mbobjrefreshthresh
    • Mbpctrefreshthresh
    • Noprompt
    • Numberformat
    • Pick
    • Pitdate
    • Pittime
    • Skipsystemexclude
    • Timeformat
    • Vmautostartvm
    • Vmbackdir
    • Vmctlmc
    • Vmiscsiserveraddress
    • Vmmaxbackupsessions
    • Vmmaxparallel
    • Vmmaxpersnapshot
    • Vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks
    • Vmmaxrestoreparallelvms
    • Vmmaxrestoresessions
    • Vmmaxsnapshotretry
    • Vmmaxvirtualdisks
    • Vmmc
    • Vmprocessvmwithphysdisks
    • Vmskipmaxvirtualdisks
    • Vmskipphysdisks
    • Vmrestoretype
  • Mount and file restore
    • IBM Storage Protect recovery agent configurations
    • Snapshot mount overview
    • File restore overview
    • Restoring one or more files
  • IBM Storage Protect recovery agent commands
    • Mount
    • Set_connection
    • Help
    • Recovery agent command-line interface return codes
  • Optimizing performance
    • Optimizing backup operations
    • Backing up multiple virtual machines in parallel (optimized backup)
    • Optimizing restore operations
    • Restoring multiple virtual machines in parallel (optimized restore)
  • Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations
    • File restore operations limitations
    • Windows file restore operations limitations
    • Linux file restore operations limitations
    • Trace options for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Diagnosing problems
      • Running Must-Gather scripts
  • Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V messages
    • Hyper-V messages
• IBM Storage Protect file restore
• Accessibility
• Compatibility matrix
• PDF files
• Glossary