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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Related concepts“Restoring data from a VMware backup” on page 190Related tasks“Restoring full VM backups for VMware Consolidated Backup”“Restoring full VM backups” on page 193Restoring full VM backups for VMware Consolidated BackupYou can restore a full VMware backup to recreate all of the files of a VMwareguest. Use this procedure if you are using Tivoli Storage Manager client 6.2.0 orearlier.The Tivoli Storage Manager client you are using to restore the full VM backupmust be 6.2.0 or earlier. If you are using Tivoli Storage Manager client version 6.2.2or later, see “Restoring full VM backups” on page 193.1. If the full-VM that you are restoring will overwrite the existing VMware guest,delete the existing full-VM guest before you restore.Tip: If you restore the full VM backup to a new VMware guest, you do notneed to delete the original.2. Query the Virtual Machine for full VMware backups using the following steps:a. From the off-host backup server, enter the following command:dsmcqvm*The command lists the backups like the following screen:# Backup Date Mgmt Class Type A/I Virtual Machine--- ----------- ---------- ---- --- ---------------1 12/03/2009 03:05:03 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest12 09/02/2010 10:45:09 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest113 09/02/2010 09:34:40 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest124 09/02/2010 10:10:10 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest135 12/04/2009 20:39:35 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest146 09/02/2010 11:15:18 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest157 09/02/2010 02:52:44 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest168 08/05/2010 04:28:03 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest179 08/05/2010 05:20:27 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest1810 08/12/2010 04:06:13 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest1911 09/02/2010 00:47:01 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest712 09/02/2010 01:59:02 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest813 09/02/2010 05:20:42 DEFAULT VMFULL A vm_guest9ANS1900I Return code is 0.ANS1901I Highest return code was 0.b. View the output to identify the VMware that you are restoring.3. Restore the full VMware backup by entering the following command:dsmc RESTORE VM -vmname=MyVMname -datacenter=MyDatacenterName-host=hostname -datastore=myFilePathsee the following parameters to see what you need to substitute for yourenvironment.MyVMnameThis is the display name of the virtual machineMyDatacenterNameThis is the name of the MVware datacenter that is defined to the vSpherevCenter.192 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide