Hi Gary We schedule manually here.
We have one VBS for each of the separate backup streams and edit the domain.vmfull manually to add VMs. The problem with this approach is that it is manual, and we end up having the same large VMs running backup all day. We also have a mixture of some domain.vmfulls specifying only what VMs to backup and others specifying the cluster to backup and excluding what we don't want backed up. Messy and confusing, but I inherited this. I did recently need to rerun a stack of VMs that were not getting run because the backup VM process was die-ing every night, silently, and I wanted to control the execution order so the small ones ran first. I did this by generating backup VM commands for 10 vms at a time and putting all of them into a macro that I then ran in the conventional way. Macros work on the client too! You would probably be better off in the long run using VM tagging, if you are on a vSphere and SP level that supports it. I'm trying to move that way now that the underlying VMWare infrastructure is at 6.0. You can manipulate the tags from the TSM for VE command line with set commands, so that should be reasonably reader friendly. VM tagging has the ability to spread the VMDKs for a large VM across multiple VBSs so you can deal with those multi-terabyte monsters. Cheers Steve Steven Harris TSM Admin/Consultant Canberra, Australia PS: I am in awe that you can function at all without vision in such a complex environment. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2019 7:18 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] backing up multiple VMs with standard scheduleing My VM backup schedule executes a .bat file on the VM proxy server. The file has one or more 'dsmc backup vm host1,host2,host3.etc' commands. Jim -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 2:14 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] backing up multiple VMs with standard scheduleing Tsm client 8.1.4, running on RHEL 6.9 VMs. TSM server 7.1.7.1 on RHEL 6.9. We do not use the VMWare plugin to manage our TSM for VE backup schedules. Schedules backup by host using standard tsm scheduling. Did this because the vmware client is not very screen reader friendly for a blind user. How can I backup more than one vm possibly on disperate hosts in a single schedule? i.e. specifying multiple VMs in the "object" parm of a standard schedule? Any help appreciated. ********************************************************************** Information contained in this e-mail message and in any attachments thereto is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems, notify the sender immediately, and refrain from using or disclosing all or any part of its content to any other person. This message and any attachment is confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. You should immediately delete the message if you are not the intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please delete it from your system; you should not copy the message or disclose its content to anyone. This electronic communication may contain general financial product advice but should not be relied upon or construed as a recommendation of any financial product. The information has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider the Product Disclosure Statement relating to the financial product and consult your financial adviser before making a decision about whether to acquire, hold or dispose of a financial product. For further details on the financial product please go to http://www.bt.com.au Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
