Dontload

x86_64 Linux clients can use the dontload option to suppress specific plug-in libraries from being loaded when the backup-archive client is started.

The TIVsm_BAhdw.x86_64 package provided in Linux x86_64 distributions contains software that is required to support snapshot incremental backups for NetAPP and N-Series file servers. When this package is installed on a Linux x86_64 system that is used to perform backup-archive client operations for a virtual machine, the files in this package cause all VMware backup-archive operations to fail. When these failures occur, the following message is displayed:

ANS8811E

VMware operations cannot be run when the hardware plug-in product TIVsm-BAhdw is installed and loaded. Either uninstall the hardware product TIVsm-BAhdw, or set the option DONTLOAD PIHDW in the options file to prevent the hardware plug-in from being loaded.

Use this option to prevent the plug-in library from being loaded into RAM when the client is started. Alternatively, you can uninstall the TIVsm_BAhdw package if it is not needed for snapshot operations.

Supported Clients

This option is only valid for Linux x86_64 clients.

Options File

Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax


>>-DONTLoad----PIHDW-------------------------------------------><

Parameters

PIHDW

Specifies that the hardware plug-in (TIVsm-BAhdw) is not loaded into RAM when the client is started. Use this option on backup-archive clients that have the hardware plug-in installed, to prevent the plug-in from causing failures when performing backup-archive operations on VMware virtual machines. There is no default for the dontload option.

To determine whether the plug-in is installed, enter the following command and examine the output.

rpm -q -a | grep TIV

If the output contains a package starting with "TIVsm-BAhdw" (followed by a version string), the hardware plug-in package is installed.

Examples

Options file:

DONTLoad PIHDW

Command line:

Does not apply. Do not use this option on the command line.