Command reference
Data Protection for VMware provides command-line interfaces (CLIs) that you can use as alternatives to the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and option files that are provided with the product.
The primary CLI for Data Protection for VMware is run from the dsmc command. This CLI provides commands and options that you can use to manage virtual machines (VMs) that are in a vSphere environment.
A secondary CLI is available for troubleshooting problems with the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI. This CLI is run from the vmcli command.
A CLI is also available for the IBM Storage Protect recovery agent.
Restriction: When running commands with parameters that contain an ampersand (&), it
must be enclosed in either single or double quotation marks. For
example,-optfile="dsm.VM14_'&'1.opt"