Scenario: Backing up virtual machines by VMware datastore

Use the domain.vmfull vmdatastore option to back up virtual machines for a specific VMware datastore.

1. Start a data mover command-line session:
   • Open a command prompt and change to the data mover installation directory. For example:

     cd "C:\Program Files\IBM\SpectrumProtect\baclient"

   • Open a terminal window and change to the data mover installation directory. For example:

     cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin

2. Include all virtual machines in VMware datastore datastore_03 in full VM backup operations.
   1. Set the domain.vmfull option with the vmdatastore parameter in the client options file (dsm.opt).
      For example:

      domain.vmfull vmhostcluster=datastore_03

   2. Issue the backup command.
      For example:

      dsmc backup vm -vmbackuptype=fullvm

3. Repeat Step 2 for each datastore.