Exclude.vmlocalsnapshot

This option excludes a VMware virtual machine from local backup operations.

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

You can use this option only for virtual machines that are stored in a virtual volume (VVOL) datastore.

Supported clients

Linux operating systems This option can be used with supported Linux® clients that are configured to back up VMware virtual machines.

Windows operating systems This option can be used with supported Windows clients that are configured to back up VMware virtual machines.

Set this option in the client options file.

vmname: Specifies the name of a virtual machine that you want to exclude from local backup operations. The name is the virtual machine display name.; Only one virtual machine can be specified on each EXCLUDE.VMLOCALSNAPSHOT statement. However, you can specify as many EXCLUDE.VMLOCALSNAPSHOT statements as needed to exclude multiple virtual machines.; You can include wildcards in the virtual machine name. An asterisk (*) matches any character string. A question mark (?) matches a single character. If the virtual machine name contains a space character, enclose the name in double quotation marks (").
Tip: If the virtual machine name contains special characters, type the question mark wildcard in place of the special characters when you specify the virtual machine name.

The following EXCLUDE.VMLOCALSNAPSHOT statement in the client options file excludes a virtual machine that is named VM1 from local backup operations:

exclude.vmlocalsnapshot VM1