Previous Topic: ca_vcbpopulatedb - ExamplesNext Topic: ca_msvmpopulatedb - Syntax


ca_msvmpopulatedb - Hyper-V VM Utility Command

The Arcserve Hyper-V Configuration Tool utility command (ca_msvmpopulatedb) is a data collection tool that lets you populate the Arcserve Backup database with the information about the Virtual Machines (VMs) on your Hyper-V systems. You must execute this utility on the Hyper-V host system. The utility then retrieves all the information pertaining to all the VMs in the Hyper-V host system and adds it to the database.

The ca_msvmpopulatedb utility populates the Arcserve Backup Database with information such as:

You should run this utility periodically to ensure that the Arcserve Backup database contains up-to-date information about the VMs and volumes in a Hyper-V host. If you have the Arcserve Backup server (primary/member) installed on the Hyper-V host, then you can use generic job scheduler to run this utility periodically.

More information:

ca_msvmpopulatedb - Syntax

ca_msvmpopulatedb - Usage

ca_msvmpopulatedb - Examples