Vmdiskprovision

Use the vmdiskprovision option to specify a provisioning policy for the virtual disk file that is used to restore VMware virtual machine data. This option is valid only for restore vm operations where vmrestoretype=instantrestore is specified.

This option is only valid for VMware virtual machines. The virtual machines must be hosted on VMware ESXi 5.1 servers, or later versions. You must be licensed to use Tivoli® Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware to use this option.

Supported Clients

Windows operating systems This option can be used with supported Windows clients.

Options file

Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or on the command line.

Syntax


                    .-THICK-.   
>>-VMDISKPROvision--+-------+----------------------------------><
                    '-THIN--'

Parameters

THICK: Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format; where the space that is required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. This setting is the default value.
THIN: Creates a virtual disk in a thin format.
Note: If you are restoring a virtual machine and you specify thin provisioning, the datastore that you restore the VM to must have enough free space to accommodate the total capacity of the VM disk, and not just the amount of disk that is used. For example, if a thin-provisioned VM has 300 GB total capacity for its disk, you cannot restore that VM to a datastore that has less than 300 GB available, even if only a portion of the total capacity is being used.

Examples

Options file:

VMDISKPROvision THIN

Command line:

dsmc restore vm Mainz -VMRESToretype=INSTANTRestore 
 -VMTEMPDAtastore=Temporary_Datastore -VMDISKPROvision=THIN