Vmbackuptype
This feature is available only if the client operates as a data mover for IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments.
You can specify a VMware full VM backup.
You can specify a VMware full VM backup or a Hyper-V full VM backup.
Supported Clients
This option is valid on Linux data movers that are installed on a vStorage backup server. The server can also define this option.
This option is valid on Windows data movers that are installed on a vStorage backup server. The server can also define this option.
This option is valid on Windows data movers that are installed on a Microsoft Hyper-V system. The server can also define this option.
Options File
Place this option in the client system-options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza.
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or on the command line.
Parameters
- FUllvm
- Specify this value to run a traditional full VM backup of a VMware virtual machine. This is the default backup type for Linux clients.
Parameters
- FUllvm
- Specify this value to run a traditional full VM backup of a VMware virtual machine. This is the default backup type for Windows clients that run on Windows server systems, where the Hyper-V server role is not enabled. Contrast with vmbackuptype=hypervfull.
- HYPERVFULL
- Specifies that you are backing up one or more Hyper-V virtual machines. If you enable the Hyper-V server role, this value is the default backup type. If you specify vmbackuptype=hypervfull, all of the options that are associated with backing up VMware files from a vStorage backup server are ignored (for example: VMCHOST, VMCUSER, VMCPW, VMFULLNODELETE).
Examples
- Options file:
- VMBACKUPT full
- Command line:
- dsmc backup vm vm1 -VMBACKUPT=full -vmchost=virtctr
-vmcuser=virctr_admin -vmcpw=xxxxx
Performs a full virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com using the VMware VirtualCenter machine virtctr.example.com, to the IBM Spectrum Protect server, using machine name vm1.
- dsmc backup vm -VMBACKUPT=hypervfull -vmlist="VM 1,VM
2"
Performs a full virtual-machine backup of Hyper-V virtual machines named "VM 1" and "VM 2", to the IBM Spectrum Protect server.