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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 3, 2015

RELATED IDEAS

More characters for the Options file in ISPforVMWare or Folder selection

See this idea on ideas.ibm.com

It´s not possible to use the new ISP for VMWare GUI to backup a big VMware Environment. Problem here is: If you add to much VM´s in the selection list through the wizard, the optfionsfile get´s to big.

--> anr2603e update schedule options string exceeds 512

We think the solution would be:

1) extend the maximum size of the allowed characters in the options file
2) Allow to choose VMware Folder´s for backup selection inside the new ISP for VMware GUI

Until this is not possible, we have to add more and more DataMovers to get all VM´s backed up. I know it depends on the length of the VM names, but per Datamover we can add around 50 VM´s. Then we have to add a new Datamover. And thus lost the clarity.

Other way is, that we DO NOT Use the "new" GUI and Backup as until now with a .macro file.

Idea priority Urgent

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