Vmctlmc

Under certain conditions, it might be desirable or necessary to bind the control files to a different management class than the data files.

The vmctlmc option is required if virtual machine data files are backed up to tape. Virtual machine control files must be backed up to a disk-based storage pool that does not migrate to tape. The storage pool can be composed of random access volumes and sequential file volumes; the storage pool can also be a deduplicated pool. Use the vmctlmc option to specify a management class that stores data in such a storage pool.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for clients that act as data mover nodes that protect VMware virtual machines.

This option is valid for clients that act as data mover nodes that protect VMware virtual machines or on clients that protect Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines.

The option can only be used for virtual machine backups that use an incremental-forever backup mode.

This option is available only if you have a license to use either Tivoli® Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware or Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V.

Options File

Place this option in the system options file dsm.sys.

Place this option in the client options file dsm.opt.

Parameters

class_name

Specifies a management class that applies to backing up virtual machine control files. If you do not set this option, the management class that is specified on the vmmc option is used. If you do not set this option and the vmmc option is not set, the default management class of the node is used.