Dismounting a virtual machine

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Operations such as instant access, instant restore, and file restore require that the associated virtual machine (VM) is mounted. When you are finished using a mounted virtual machine, you can dismount it to clean up the resources on the mount proxy machine that was used for the mount.

About this task

Mounts for instant restore and file restore operations will dismount automatically and usually require a manual dismount only if an error occurs or the mount remains for an extended time. Mounts for instant access operations and general purpose mounts must be dismounted manually.

Procedure

To dismount the VM manually, complete the following steps by operation type:

  1. In the vSphere Web Client, click IBM Storage Protect > Monitor > Maintenance to view mounted VMs.
  2. Review the information for each VM mount, including the operation type and the status (Succeeded or Failed).
  3. Depending on the operation type and status, complete the following steps:
    Option Description

    General purpose, file restore, or instant access cleanup (Succeeded or Failed status)

    Instant restore (Succeeded status)
    1. On the Maintenance tab, select a vCenter server from the drop-down list.
    2. Select the entry for the VM that you want to dismount and click Cleanup.
    To view the progress of the cleanup by selecting the VM in the vSphere Web Client object navigator and viewing the task and event information on the Monitor tab. For additional troubleshooting information, see task and event information on the Monitor tab for the VM host.
    Instant restore (Failed status)
    1. In the vSphere Web Client object navigator, click IBM Storage ProtectConfigure Connections.
    2. Select the vCenter that contains the VM mount.
    3. Select the entry for the VM and click the Open icon to open the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI.
    4. Click Restore > Instant Access/Restore Status.
    5. Review the Action Needed column for the action that is required to dismount the VM. The action might require that you repair the VM. Click the Help icon to open online help for task assistance.

Results

The VM is dismounted and deleted from the associated datacenter.