VMware policy: bpplinfo options and keywords
Table: bpplinfo options describes the options that are available on the bpplinfo command. These options are set to default values if not specified.
Table: bpplinfo options
Option | Values | Keyword label in policy GUI |
|---|---|---|
-ignore_client_direct | 0 enables client deduplication, 1 disables client deduplication | The Attributes tab > Disable client side deduplication |
-application_discovery | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | Clients tab > Select automatically through VMware Intelligent Policy query |
-discovery_lifetime | seconds | Clients tab > Reuse VM selection query results for |
-ASC_apps_attr | exchange, mssql, sharepoint truncatelogs=0 disabled, 1 enabled (for Exchange or SQL Server only) To enable Exchange file recovery: -ASC_apps_attr exchange: To enable Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint file recovery: -ASC_apps_attr exchange:,mssql:,sharepoint: To enable exchange recovery with truncate logs: -ASC_apps_attr exchange:;truncatelogs=1 To enable exchange without truncate logs and mssql with truncate logs: -ASC_apps_attr exchange:,mssql:;truncatelogs=1 To enable exchange with truncate logs and mssql without truncate logs (note the final colon): -ASC_apps_attr exchange:;truncatelogs=1,mssql: To enable both exchange and mssql with truncate logs: -ASC_apps_attr exchange:;truncatelogs=1,mssql:;truncatelogs=1 | Enables the file-level recovery of database data. VMware tab > Application Protection: Enable Exchange Recovery, Enable SQL Server Recovery, or Enable SharePoint Recovery |
-snapshot_method_args | keyword=value,keyword=value, ... |
Table: Keywords and values for -snapshot_method_args describes the keywords that must be included in -snapshot_method_args.
Table: Keywords and values for -snapshot_method_args
Keyword | Value | Name of keyword in policy GUI |
|---|---|---|
disable_quiesce= | 0 virtual machine quiesce is enabled, 1 virtual machine quiesce is disabled | VMware tab > Advanced > Virtual machine quiesce |
drive_selection= | 0 Include all disks, 1 Exclude boot disk, 2 Exclude data disks | Exclude Disks tab |
enable_vCloud= | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | Clients tab > Enable vCloud Director integration (only available with automatic selection of client) |
exclude_swap= | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | VMware tab > Exclude swap and paging files |
file_system_optimization= | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | VMware tab > Exclude deleted blocks |
ignore_irvm= | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | VMware tab > Advanced > Ignore Instant Recovery VMs |
multi_org= | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | VMware tab > Advanced > Multiple organizations per policy |
nameuse= | 0 VM host name, 1 VM display name, 2 VM BIOS UUID, 3 VM DNS Name, 4 VM instance UUID | VMware tab > Primary VM identifier |
post_events= | 0 No Events, 1 All Events, 2 Error Events | VMware tab > Advanced > Post events to vCenter |
rHz= | 0 - 3600 | VMware tab > Advanced > Snapshot creation interval (seconds) |
rLim= | 0 - 100 | VMware tab > Advanced > Snapshot retry |
rTO= | 0 - 1440 | VMware tab > Advanced > Snapshot timeout (minutes) |
serverlist= | VMware server names. Use a colon to separate the names. For example: serverlist=vc1.acme.com:vc2.acme.com To specify no server list, enter serverlist= | VMware tab > Advanced > VMware server list |
skipnodisk= | 0 disabled, 1 enabled | VMware tab > Advanced -> Ignore diskless VMs |
snapact= | 0 Continue backup 1 Abort if any snapshot(s) exist 2 Remove NetBackup snapshot(s) and continue backup 3 Abort if NetBackup snapshot(s) exist | VMware tab > Existing snapshot handling |
trantype= | san, hotadd, nbd, or nbdssl If more than one, separate each with a colon. Order of modes indicates priority. Example: trantype=nbd:hotadd This example selects these two modes and tries nbd first. | VMware tab > Transport modes |
Virtual_machine_backup= | 1 disabled, 2 enabled | VMware tab > Enable file recovery from VM backup |
vmdk_ca= | The name of the VMware custom attribute that specifies the disk(s) to exclude from backups. For example, vmdk_ca=NB_DISK_EXCLUDE_LIST. Set the value for the custom attribute on each virtual machine or managed host, as appropriate. The custom attribute must have comma separated values of device controls for the disks to be excluded. For example: scsi0-0,ide0-0,sata0-0. | Exclude Disks tab > Perform custom attribute based selection |
vmdk_list= | Colon separated values of device controllers for the disks to be excluded. For example: scsi0-0:ide0-0:sata0-0. | Exclude Disks tab > Specific disk(s) to be excluded |
See bpplinclude options for modifying query rules in a VMware policy.