Installation and User's Guide

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||c. Select VMWare Full VM.d. In the Domain Backup Types list, select Domain Full VM.e. In the Host field, enter either the host name of each ESX Servers or the hostname of the Virtual Center. If you specify the Virtual Center host name, youcan back up any virtual machine on any virtual server that is managed bythe Virtual Center.f. Enter the user ID and password information.g. In VM Full Backup Type, select VCB.h. In the Datastore Location field, enter a directory path to store the back upfiles.Note: Consider the following conditions that might affect the directory thatyou specify:vvvvvThe files are deleted after they are sent to the Tivoli Storage Managerserver.The file system must have enough space to hold a copy of the largestvirtual machine image file.The image files are compressed as part of the VMware consolidatedbackup (VCB) export.The default backup staging area is c:\mnt\tsmvmbackup.Giving the space requirements for the backup staging area points to adirectory on SAN storage.v If you are saving backups in the datastore location when backupscomplete or if you schedule multiple backups to run at the same time,verify that the data store location has enough space allocated toaccommodate all of the backups.i. If you want to store the backed up VM images until you manually deletethem, enable Save local copy of Full VM files in datastore after backup.Tip: This option is useful for running problem determination on the backupimages or to store a backup image version locally. You can use VMware toolssuch as Converter to modify the virtual machine images.j. Click OK to save your changes.2. Verify that your system is configured correctly by running a backup of one ofthe virtual machines using the following steps:a. At the command line of the proxy backup server, enter the command:dsmc backup vm my_vm_name -vmbackuptype=fullvmwhere my_vm_name is the name of your virtual machine.b. When the command ends, verify that it completed without errors. Thefollowing message indicates that the command completed successfully:Backup VM command completeTotal number of virtual machines backed up successfully: 1virtual machine vmname backed up to nodename NODETotal number of virtual machines failed: 0Total number of virtual machines processed: 13. Verify that you can restore the virtual machines files using the following steps:a. At the command-line interface of the proxy backup server, enter thecommand:dsmc restore vm my_vm_nameChapter 4. Backing up your data 147