Vmiscsiserveraddress

The vmiscsiserveraddress option is valid for all instant operations (vmrestoretype=instantaccess and vmrestoretype=instantrestore) for VMware virtual machines.

The virtual machines must be hosted on VMware ESXi 5.1 servers, or later versions. You must be licensed to use Tivoli® Storage Manager for Virtual Environments to use this option.

Supported Clients

This option can be used with supported Windows clients.

Options file

Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or on the command line.

Parameters

iSCSI serverhost name or IP address

Specify the host name or IP address of the iSCSI server that supplies the iSCSI target disks. This iSCSI server must connect the data mover machine with all of the ESX hosts that are used for instant restore operations. If vmiscsiserveraddress is not specified, the host name or IP address of the data mover machine is used.

If you set this option, stop the Data Protection for VMware Recovery Agent service. In the C:\ProgramData\Tivoli\TSM\TDPVMware\mount\TDPVMwareMount.conf file, add the following lines of text:

[IMount config]
Target IP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Where: the target IP value must be the same value that was specified for this VMISCSIServeraddress option.

After you add the target IP value to the file, restart the Data Protection for VMware Recovery Agent service.

The IP address of the network card in the datamover machine that is used for the iSCSI transfer should be in the same subnet as the iSCSI adapter on the ESX host.