Use the vmbackuptype option with the backup VM or restore VM command to specify to specify the type of virtual machine backup or restore to complete. You can also use this option on query VM commands to filter the query results to include only virtual machines that were backed up by a specific backup type. For examples, see the query VM command description.
You can specify a VMware full VM backup.
You can specify a VMware file-level backup, a VMware full VM backup, or a Hyper-V full VM backup.
This option is valid on Linux clients that are installed on a vStorage backup server. The server can also define this option.
This option is valid on Windows clients that are installed on either a vStorage backup server or on a Microsoft Hyper-V system. The server can also define this option.
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), or on the command line.
.-FUllvm-----. >>-VMBACKUPType--+-FIle-------+-------------------------------->< '-HYPERVFULL-'
Performs a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com, using the VMware VirtualCenter machine virtctr.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using machine name vm1.
Performs a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com and vm2.example.com using the VMware ESX Server machine vmserv1.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using machine names vm1 and vm2.
Performs a file-level virtual-machine backup of vm1 with the IP address of VM, using the VMware ESX Server machine vmserv1.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server with machine name vm1.
Performs a full virtual-machine backup of vm1.example.com using the VMware VirtualCenter machine virtctr.example.com, to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using machine name vm1.
Performs a full virtual-machine backup of Hyper-V virtual machines named "VM 1" and "VM 2", to the Tivoli Storage Manager server.