HP Data Protector A.06.11 Support for Vmware vstorage technical ...

Snapshot
handling
Transportation
mode
Use quiescence
snapshot
Using the Data Protector CLI
Available only on Windows virtual machines.
Select this option to quiesce the applications running in the virtual machine by
performing a VSS snapshot before running a backup.
Level of error Available only if Use quiescence snapshot is selected.
Select from the drop-down box the error level to be reported if the quiescence
snapshot fails.
Select the transportation mode to be used for backing up the virtual machine.
If you are not concerned which mode is used, select Fastest
available.
Default: Fastest available
1. Log in to the backup host and go to the following directory:
Data_Protector_home\bin
2. Run:
vepa_util.exe command
--configvm
--virtual-environment Vmware
--host HostName
--instance Datacenter
–-vm VirtualMachinePath
--snapshots { 0 | 1 |2 }
--transportation-mode Mode
--quiescence { 0 | 1 }
--quiescenceErrLvl { 0 | 1 }
-–optimize-disks { 0 | 1 }
--uuid UUID_of_VM
For snapshots, the values { 0 | 1 | 2 } represent Disabled, Single, and Mixed snapshot
handling modes respectively. To change virtual machine specific settings back to common
virtual machine settings, run:
vepa_util.exe command
--configvm
--virtual-environment Vmware
--host HostName
--instance Datacenter
–-vm VirtualMachinePath
--uuid UUID_of_VM
--default
The message *RETVAL*0 indicates successful configuration.
For option descriptions, see the util_vmware.exe description at the end of this document.
Checking the configuration of VMware management clients
To verify the connection, use the Data Protector GUI or CLI.
Using the Data Protector GUI
You can verify the connection to the VMware management client after you have created at least
one backup specification.
1. In the Context List, select Backup.