Vssusesystemprovider

The vssusesystemprovider option specifies whether to use the Windows system provider, or to let Windows decide the most suitable provider to use.

Use the vssusesystemprovider option for Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) operations, such as system state backup or Tivoli® Storage Manager for Copy Services backups.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all Windows clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File

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

Syntax


                         .-No--.   
>>-VSSUSESYSTEMProvider--+-----+-------------------------------><
                         '-Yes-'

Parameters

Yes: Specifies that the Microsoft Windows VSS system provider is used.
No: Specifies that the default system provider is used. This provider might or might not be the same as the system provider, depending on what other providers are installed on the system. Use no if you want to use the default system provider and the default system provider is not the Microsoft Windows VSS provider. No is the default.

Examples

Options file:

vssusesystemprovider yes

Command line:: Does not apply.