IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

Vmbackuptype

Use the vmbackuptype option with the backup VM, query VM, or restore VM commands to specify the type of virtual machine backup to complete.

You can specify a VMware full VM backup.

You can specify a VMware file-level backup, a VMware full VM backup, or a Hyper-V full VM backup.

Supported Clients

Linux operating systems This option is valid on Linux clients that are installed on a vStorage backup server. The server can also define this option.

Windows operating systems This option is valid on Windows clients that are installed on either a vStorage backup server or on a Microsoft Hyper-V system. The server can also define this option.

Options File

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

Linux operating systems Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax


                 .-FUllvm-.   
>>-VMBACKUPType--+--------+------------------------------------><

Syntax


                 .-FUllvm-----.   
>>-VMBACKUPType--+-FIle-------+--------------------------------><
                 '-HYPERVFULL-'

Parameters

FIle: Specifies a file-level backup is performed.
FUllvm: Specifies that a full VM backup is performed. This is the default backup type.
HYPERVFULL: Required for Hyper-V systems. Specifies a full virtual machine backup of all virtual machines that are defined on the Hyper-V host machine.
If the vmbackuptype=hypervfull option is specified, most of the other options associated with backing up files from a vStorage backup server are not allowed, or they are ignored (for example: VMCHost, VMCUser, VMCPw, VMBackdir, VMFULLNODELETE).

Examples

Perform a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com.

dsmc backup vm vm1 -VMBACKUPT=FIle

Perform a full-VM image backup of virtual machine vm1.example.com and vm2.example.com.

dsmc backup vm vm1,vm2 -VMBACKUPT=FUllvm

Options file:: VMBACKUPT full
Command line:: dsmc backup vm vm1 -VMBACKUPT=file -vmchost=virtctr -vmcuser=virctr_admin -vmcpw=xxxxx
Perform a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com using the VMware VirtualCenter machine virtctr.example.com, to the Tivoli® Storage Manager server, using machine name vm1.; dsmc backup vm -VMBACKUPT=file -vmchost=vmsrv1 -vmcuser=root -vmcpw=xxxxx
Perform a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com and vm2.example.com using the VMware ESX Server machine vmserv1.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using machine names vm1 and vm2.; dsmc backup vm -domain.vmfile=vm1[xxxxxxxx]
Perform a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1 with the IP address of VM, using the VMware ESX Server machine vmserv1.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server with machine name vm1.; dsmc backup vm -VMBACKUPT=full -vmchost=virtctr -vmcuser=virctr_admin -vmcpw=xxxxx
Perform a full virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com using the VMware VirtualCenter machine virtctr.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using machine name vm1.; dsmc backup vm -VMBACKUPT=hypervfull -vmlist="VM 1,VM 2"
Perform a full virtual-machine backup of Hyper-V virtual machines named "VM 1" and "VM 2", to the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

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