Need a command to run a backup in cmd line.

Thank you Raghav. Version is 7.2

Error is :

mccli client backup backup-group-dataset --domain=/Vcentername/ContainerClients --group-domain=/Vcenter/Cluster --group-name=Linux --name=VMname

1,22241,Client is not a member of group.

Forgot to mention , this is a container client. I am looking to run the backup with the properties of particular group has.

Hi,

Can you provide further information like avamar version, the command you used and  the error you got?.

For 7.2 you can try this

mccli client backup-target --name=String --target=String [--contained-vm-name=String]

[--domain=String(/)] [--plugin=Integer] [--wait[=min]]

If backing up a virtual machine, individual disks can be backed up by specifying the

corresponding base VMDK file. Multiple virtual disks can be backed up with

additional --target arguments.

HTH

Regards

Raghav

Hi ,

Try using the below syntax it worked for me in lab (not a container client though)

mccli client backup-group-dataset --name=wguest01 --group-name=c-Gold --domain=/vcenterfqdn/VirtualMachines --group-domain= /vcenterfqdn/VirtualMachines

if any doubt as to group and/or domain

run the below

mccli group show --recursive

this shld give group name and the group domain

mccli client show --recursive

this shld give the vm name and the domain.

Will try  setting up a container client in my lab but not sure.

Let me know if this helps.

Regards

Raghav

Thanks for the tip!  The show --recursive flag is very useful to get more information!

Karl

Used the same parameters , getting same error.

problem is group. If we go and edit the group, in the clients section we will see only container name. No clients will be listing there. thats the reason we are getting client not in the group. Any comments?...

for container clients try the below

mccli backup client-target --name=complete path to vm --contained-vm-name=name of container

--plugin=3016 --target=ALL

plugin id 3016 is for windows

i don't see "mccli backup client-target" as an option, i am on 7.2.1-32.

ok, this seems to work. 

mccli client backup-dataset --contained-vm-name=oracle-dev --dataset=my_vmdataset --name="/vc-mycompany.com/prod-vms"

oracle-dev is the actual VM name

prod-vms is the "folder" name in vCenter where oracle-dev VM resides.