Vmskipphysdisks
Use the vmskipphysdisks option to restore configuration information for physical disks (pass-through disks) that are associated with a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM), if the logical unit numbers (LUNs) that are associated with the volumes on the physical disks are available.
Because physical disks are not included in a VM snapshot, only the configuration information can be restored, and not the data on the volumes.
This option is valid only for restoring Hyper-V VMs on Windows Server 2016. This option does not apply to Hyper-V hosts on Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for clients on Windows Server 2016 or later operating systems.
Options File
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or specify it as a command-line parameter on the restore vm command.
Syntax
Parameters
- NO
- If the original physical disks are available, specify this value to restore the physical disk configuration information that was backed up with the vmprocessvmwithphysdisks yes option. The original physical disks are reconnected to the restored VM. If the original physical disks cannot be located, the restore operation fails. This value is the default.
- YES
- Specify this value if you must restore a VM that you backed up with the vmprocessvmwithphysdisks yes option, and the original physical disks cannot be located. This setting causes the client to skip attempts to locate the physical disks, and does not restore the physical disk configuration information.
Examples
- Options file:
VMSKIPPHYSDISKS YES- Command line:
dsmc restore vm vm123 -vmskipphysd=yes