Vmtempdatastore

Use the vmtempdatastore option with the restore VM command to define a temporary data store on the ESX host for an instant restore operation.

The data store created with the vmtempdatastore option is used to temporarily store the configuration of the VM created during restore processing. This option is required during instant restore operations (-vmrestoretype=instantrestore).

This option is only valid 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

Windows operating systems 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


>>-VMTEMPDAtastore-- --datastore_name--------------------------><

Parameters

datastore_name: Specify the name of an existing data store on the ESX host. The temporary data store must be different from the original data store, or the data store specified by the datastore option. The data store that you specify must be a VMFS data store.

Examples

Options file:

VMTEMPDAtastore Verify_Datastore

Command line:

dsmc restore vm Oslo -VMRESToretype=INSTANTAccess 
-vmname=Oslo_instant_restored -VMTEMPDAtastore=Temporary_Datastore