Specifying objects to include in backup and restore operations

Specify the VMs or vApps that you want to include for backup services by setting include options.

Before you begin

Review the data mover include.vm and include.vapp options. For more information, see Virtual machine include options.

Complete these steps on the data mover system:

Start a data mover command-line session:
- Open a command prompt and change to the data mover installation directory: cd "C:\Program Files\IBM\StorageProtect\baclient".
- Open a terminal window and change to the data mover installation directory: cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin.
Open the data mover options file (dsm.opt) with your preferred text editor.
Enter the option name and one or more blank spaces, followed by the option value.
For example:
```
include.vm vmtest*
```