topic SMVI - Exclude datastores/volumes from backup job? in Network and Storage Protocols

SMVI - Exclude datastores/volumes from backup job?

ulrik_ivers — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:30:35 GMT

Hi,

We're running ESX3.5U3, NFS datastores (ONTAP 7.3.1) and SMVI 1.0.1

I can't figure out a way to configure the backup jobs to do what I want. Here's the scenario:

Ten virtual machines, half of which have one disk, half of which have two disks, residing on two different datastores (= volumes accessed via NFS).

Disk #1 on datastore SYS (10 virtual machines)

Disk #2 on datastore DATA (5 virtual machines)

I want to create a backup job that ONLY creates snapshots of the datastore DATA, not SYS.

I do NOT want to configure the disks on SYS to be Independent.

If I in SVMI create a backup specification containing the 5 virtual machines having disks on DATA snapshots are taken of both DATA and SYS. This seems logical.

If I instead create a backup specification containing the datastore DATA i get the same result, i.e. snapshots are taken of both DATA and SYS. This is not what I want...

Is there any way to exclude datastores from a backup job?

Regards,

/Ulrik

Re: SMVI - Exclude datastores/volumes from backup job?

shanmug — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:53:31 GMT

Hi,

SMVI 2.0, next version, will address this.

Thanks,

S.Shanmuganathan

Re: SMVI - Exclude datastores/volumes from backup job?

trace3_matt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:38:51 GMT

VIBE allows you to do this today, FYI.

Matt

Re: SMVI - Exclude datastores/volumes from backup job?

ulrik_ivers — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:25:24 GMT

Thanks Matt,

Looks like I'll have to use VIBE anyway. We want to integrate with SnapVault and SV-SMVI can't handle datastores on different filers in the same backup.

I see that VIBE have some support for SnapVault so I'll try it out.

Regards,

/Ulrik