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Smart Copy options: These are optional parameters that can be selected for
the Smart Copy. These options apply to all VMs included in the Smart Copy.
Include PS Series volumes accessed by guest iSCSI initiators - This
option requires the VMs to be powered on and the VMware Tools to be
installed. If these conditions are met, VSM will query the tools and any
connected PS Series iSCSI initiated volumes and include those in the
Smart Copy. These volumes must reside on a Group that is also
managed by the VSM.
Perform virtual machine memory dump - This option requires the VMs
to be powered on and the VMware Tools to be installed. As part of the
VMware initiated snapshot, the memory of the virtual machine will be
written to disk.
NOTE: The virtual machine is stunned during the memory commit
process. Depending on the size of memory and activity, the time it takes
to stun the VM could pose a problem for applications and access
especially if the VM is only being captured a few times a day making the
memory state almost useless. Take this process into account during
creation of Smart Copies .
Error Handling: Choose one of the error handling processes.
Stop operation if unsupported datastores exist - Choose this option to
have the Smart Copy quit if unsupported datastores exist. This could
happen because of a VM mounting an ISO file or VMDK from a local
datastore, or a VM spanning across to a datastore that isn’t part of a
managed PS Series Group.
Ignore unsupported datastores - Choose this option to continue the
Smart Copy operation regardless of any unsupported datastores. The job
history log will indicate which VMs could potentially be affected. This is
important as a VM that spans between supported and unsupported
datastores would result in that VM being non-recoverable.
Select the options for the VM and error handling of the Smart Copy and click
Next.