Include scenarios

Set include options to specify the VMs or vApps that you want to include for backup services.

The scenarios documented in this section are based on the correct use of the following Tivoli® Storage Manager backup-archive client options: Therefore, before implementing an include strategy based on these scenarios, make sure to review these options in Client options reference .

Include scenarios in a vSphere environment

When VMware virtual machine data is backed up, it is bound to a management class that is specified by the vmmc option. You can use the include.vm option to override the management class that is specified by vmmc and bind the backed up data for a virtual machine to a different management class.

The include.vm option does not override or affect the management class that is specified by the vmctlmc option, which binds backed up VMware control files to a specific management class.

Assume that the following management classes exist and are active on the Tivoli Storage Manager server:
  • MCFORTESTVMS
  • MCFORPRODVMS
  • MCUNIQUEVM
The following include.vm statement in the client options file binds all virtual machines that have names that begin with VMTEST to the management class called MCFORTESTVMS:
include.vm vmtest* MCFORTESTVMS
The following include.vm statement in the client options file binds a virtual machine that is named WINDOWS VM1 [PRODUCTION] to the management class called MCFORPRODVMS:
include.vm "WINDOWS VM1 ?PRODUCTION?" MCFORPRODVMS
The virtual machine name must be enclosed in quotation marks because it contains space characters. Also, the question mark wildcard is used to match the special characters in the virtual machine name.
The following include.vm statement in the client options file binds a virtual machine that is named VM1 to a management class that is named MCUNIQUEVM:
include.vm VM1 MCUNIQUEVM

Include scenarios in a vCloud environment

When you back up a VMware vCloud vApp, the backed up data is bound to a management class that is specified by the vappmc option. You can use the include.vapp option to override the management class that is specified by vappmc and bind the backed up data for a vApp to a different management class.

Assume that the following management classes exist and are active on the Tivoli Storage Manager server:
  • MCFORTESTVAPPS
  • MCFORPRODVAPPS
  • MCUNIQUEVAPP
The following include.vapp statement in the client options file binds all vApp backups to the management class called MCFORTESTVAPPS. Wildcards are used in the vApp specification to target all vApps in all organizations and all organization virtual data centers:
include.vapp *::*::* vm vmtest* MCFORTESTVAPPS
The following include.vapp statement in the client options file binds all vApps in ORG1 and ORG1VDC to the management class called MCFORPRODVAPPS:
include.vapp "ORG1::ORGVDC1::*" MCFORPRODVAPPS
The following include.vapp statement in the client options file binds a vApp that is named VAPP1 to a management class that is named MCUNIQUEVAPP:
include.vapp MY_ORG::MY_VDC::VAPP1 MCUNIQUEVAPP