VMware Consolidated Backup -- Disk export utility, Version 1.0.3 (52542)
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Usage:
vcbExport -M (0 -F (0 -d <dest_file> -s <diskspec> <verbosity>
<dest_file> := <local_filename>
<diskspec> := <authdspec>|<blklstspec>|<local_filename>
<verbosity> := -L (0-6)
<blklstspec> := blklst://<path>@<host>
:<port>?<username>/<password>
<authdspec> := authd://<path>@<host>
:<port>?<username>/<password>
Export Disk Flags:
-M: If set, the disk is exported into a single (monolithic) file.
When turned off (default), the disk is split into multiple 2GB files.
-F: If set, the disk is exported as "flat" disk, with no optimizations.
When turned off (default), the exported disk files will be more compact as unused space in the disk image is not included in the exported file.
VMware Consolidated Backup -- Snapshot Utility, Version 1.0.3 (52542)
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Usage:
vcbSnapshot -h <url> -u <username> -p <password>
<verbosity> <command>
<url> := <hostname>
<command> := <create>|<find>|<list>|<delete>
<verbosity> := -L (0-6)
<create> := -c <VmId> <SnapshotName>
<Description>
<find> := -f <VmId> <SnapshotName>
<list> := -l <VmId> <SsId>
<delete> := -d <VmId> <SsId>
<VmId> := "moref:"<Sdk-MoRef>
<SsId> := "ssid:"<Sdk-MoRef>
VMware Consolidated Backup -- Virtual Machine Mount Utility V1.0.3 (52542)
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Usage:
vcbSnapAll -h <url> -u <username> -p <password> <operation>
<verbosity>
<url> := <hostname>
<operation> := <mount_op>
<verbosity> := -L (0-6)
<mount_op> := -a <VM> <mountPoint>
<export-flags><datastores>
<VM> := <any><powerstate><...>(See VM Backup Guide for complete list of search criteria.)
<mountPoint> := -r <local_dir>
<datastores> := -C <datastore_catalog_file>
<export-flags> := -M (0|1) -F (0|1)
Export Flags:
-M: If set, the disk is exported into a single (monolithic) file.
When turned off (default), the disk is split into multiple 2GB files.
-F: If set, the disk is exported as "flat" disk, with no optimizations.
When turned off (default), the exported disk files will be more compact as unused space in the disk image is not included in the exported file.
NOTE: options -h -u -p must be present in command string.
Example:
+) Do a full VM style backup of powered up VMs on ESX host "wisdom.bar.com" as user "vc" with password "foobar". Export will go to local dir ackups" as a single file:
vcbSnapAll -h wisdom.bar.com -u vc -p foobar -a powerstate:on -r \backups\foo-fullVM -M 1
Full VM backups export an entire virtual machine into a set of files within a directory. Backing up this file set allows for the entire virtual machine to be restored later on.
VMware Consolidated Backup -- Virtual Machine restore utility, V1.0.3 (52542)
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Usage:
vcbResAll -h <url> -u <username> -p <password>
-C <datastorecatalog>
-s <sourcedir>
-a <catalog> -V(0 -M(0 -F(0
-m <mode> -b <behavior> -o <powerop> <verbosity>
<url> := <hostname>
<datastorecatalog> := <filename>
<sourcedir> := <dirname>
<catalog> := <filename>
<mode> := cos|nas
<behavior> := overwrite|prompt|keep|abort
<powerop> := on|allon|alloff
<verbosity> := -L (0-6)
Import Disk Flags:
-V: If set to 1, the disk is imported into a VMFS-style disk. This will only work if the target location for the disk is on a VMFS file system. This flag defaults to (1) in COS mode and to 0 otherwise.
This flag is mutually exclusive with -M
-M: If set (default), the disk is imported into a single (monolithic) file.
When unset, the disk is split into multiple 2GB files.
-F: If set (default), the disk is imported as "flat" disk, with no space optimizations, but better I/O performance.
vcbResAll adds the "-d" option to this to specify an optional delay between virtual machine restores.
