Vmnovrdmdisks

This option enables the client to restore configuration information and data for vRDM volumes that are associated with a VMware virtual machine, even if the LUNs that were associated with the volumes cannot be found.

This feature is available only if the client operates as a data mover for IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware.

This option does not apply to backups of Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for Windows and Linux clients that are installed on a vStorage backup server.

Options File

Windows operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or specify it as a command-line parameter on the restore vm command.

Linux operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), in the client system options file (dsm.sys), or specify it as a command-line parameter on the restore vm command.

Syntax


                  .-NO--.   
>>-VMNOVRDmdisks--+-----+--------------------------------------><
                  '-YES-'

Parameters

YES: Specify this value if you must restore a virtual machine that you backed up, and the original LUNs that were mapped by the raw device mappings file cannot be located. This setting causes the client to skip attempts to locate the missing LUNs used by the vRDM volumes, and restore the configuration information (disk labels) and the data that was backed up. The vRDM volumes are restored as thin-provisioned VMFS VMDKs.
NO: Setting -vmnovrdmdisk=no causes restore operations for virtual machines that had vRDM volume to fail, if the original LUNs that were mapped to by the raw device mappings file cannot be located. This value is the default value.

Examples

Option file:

VMNOVRDMDISKS YES

Command line:

dsmc restore vm vm123 -vmnovrdmdisks=yes