Managing backup schedules for a host or cluster machine
You can select a schedule to specify how often and when to automatically back up virtual machines (VMs) in a Hyper-V host or cluster.
About this task
Schedules are set up by the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server administrator to automatically back up VMs.
To enable schedules to be used for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V, the IBM Spectrum Protect server administrator must set up a list of schedules that are specifically for backing up Hyper-V VMs. The schedule definition must include the following parameters and options:
- The -domain.vmfull="all-vm" option must be specified in the option string. No other parameters are required for the -domain.vmfull option.
- The schedule must contain the ACTION=BACKUP and SUBACTION=VM parameters.
define schedule hyperv_domain_name schedule_name
description=schedule_description action=backup subaction=VM
starttime=NOW+00:10 schedstyle=Classic period=1 perunits=Weeks
durunits=minutes duration=10 options='-vmbackuptype=hypervfull
-mode=IFIncremental -domain.vmfull="all-vm"'
-asnodename=Hyper-V_host_HV_TGT
-asnodename=clustername_hv_tgt
Depending on the system configuration, the node name can also contain a prefix and suffix. For more information, see Customizing node names.
-domain.vmfull="all-vm;-vm=TestVM1"
T include a single VM in scheduled backup operations, specify the following parameters in the option string. In the following example, the VM is named TestVM1:
-domain.vmfull="all-vm;-vm=*;vm=TestVM1"
You set the backup policy for a host or cluster by associating a backup schedule with the host or cluster. You can also remove the schedule association from a host or cluster.
In a cluster environment, the selected schedule applies to all hosts in the cluster. You cannot assign a different schedule to a host that is part of a cluster.