-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, ...

See Table: Keywords and values for -snapshot_method_args.

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 vCenter events

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