Use the vmiscsiserveraddress option
with the restore VM command to specify the host
name or the IP address of the iSCSI server that provides the iSCSI
targets for instant restore and instant access operations.
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:
Data Protection for VMware 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.
Syntax
>>-VMISCSIServeraddress-- --iSCSI serverhost name or IP address-><
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.
- For instant restore operations, 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.
- For file-level restore mount operations, the Windows
and Linux mount proxy systems must be in the same network range.
Examples
- Options file:
- VMISCSIServeraddress 192.168.42.50
- Command line:
dsmc restore vm Oslo -VMRESToretype=INSTANTAccess -vmname=Oslo_verify
-VMISCSIServeraddress=odin.oslo.no.xyzco.com