Stefan, Thanks for the tip on include.vm. That is apparently new in VE 7.1 and is a feature I have been needing for over a year.
David -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stefan Folkerts Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:08 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Assigning management class to VM backups Have a look at include.vm <vm name> <mc> http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.client.doc%2Fr_opt_includevm.html On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 1:55 AM, Bill Boyer <bjdbo...@comcast.net> wrote: > I have a bunch of VM's that need to be handled differently than most of the > others being backed up. I created a mgmt. class for it and in the script > file used to run the dsmc backup vm -optfile=, I specified the -VMMC=. But > they did not get assigned to that class. I have different opt files for the > VM backups specifying the DOMAIN.VMFULL= of the ones I want to process. I > tried putting the VMMC in the opt file and still the don't get assigned > correctly. Is there an INCLUDE or something I also need to specific? > > > > I have a lot of VM's that only need a once a week full backup, so I have > them spread out across each day. Each day has its own opt file with the > DOMAIN.VMFULL speicying the VM's for that day. I then have a .CMD file to > run the DSMC BACKUP VM command with -OPTFILE= for that day of week. I just > can't seem to get the VM's to be assigned to other than the default > management class. I don't want to have to create a whole new policy domain > and set of nodes for this. > > > > Any help is appreciated as always. > > > > Bill Boyer > DSS, Inc. > (610) 927-4407 > "Enjoy life. It has an expiration date." - ?? >
