Vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks

The vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks option enables an IBM Spectrum Protect™ client to restore multiple virtual disks at the same time.

You can specify the number of disk sessions to be opened, up to a maximum of 50. The number of disk restore sessions available is specified by the vmmaxrestoresessions option. Available sessions are allocated across the number of disk sessions specified by vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks, by rounding down the number of sessions per disk to the nearest whole number.

Supported clients

Linux operating systems This option can be used with supported x86_64 Linux clients.

Windows operating systems This option can be used with supported Windows clients. This option is not valid for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V backups.

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

Options file

Linux operating systems This option is valid in the client system options file (dsm.sys), or on the command line for Restore VM. It can also be included on the server in a client options set. It cannot be set in the Preferences Editor.

Windows operating systems This option is valid in the client options file (dsm.opt) or on the command line for Restore VM. It can also be included on the server in a client options set. It cannot be set in the Preferences Editor.

Syntax


                                 .-1-----------.   
>>-VMMAXRESTOREPARALLELDisks-- --+-+---------+-+---------------><
                                   '-integer-'

Parameters

integer: Specifies the number of virtual hard disks that can be restored simultaneously. The default is 1. The maximum is 50.

Examples

Task

Set a maximum of 10 simultaneous restore operations for virtual disks in the VM vm1:

dsmc restore vm vm1 -vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks=10 -vmmaxrestoresessions=20

This will assign 2 simultaneous restore sessions per virtual disk.