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Specify a Temporary VM Mount Location

To populate the Arcserve Backup database with information about the VMs in your VMware backup environment, Arcserve Backup requires a location to temporarily store the backup information while the Arcserve VMware Configuration Tool is running.

By default, Arcserve Backup stores the temporary backup information in the location that follows on the backup proxy system:

C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Backup Client Agent for Windows

Note: To perform raw (full VM) mode backups and raw (full VM) with allow file level restore backups, you must reserve at least the amount of disk space used on the drive or up to the maximum size of the drive to accommodate the data stored in the temporary VM mount location. To perform file level backups, the amount of free disk space is independent of the size of the VM. File mode backups require a minimal amount of free disk space in the temporary mount location.

Use the steps the follow to specify a different location for the Temporary VM Mount Location on the backup proxy system.

Be aware of the following:

• The Temporary VM Mount Location must reside on the backup proxy system.
• Arcserve Backup does not support using mapped drives on the backup proxy system for the Temporary VM Mount Location.

To specify a Temporary VM Mount Location

1. Log in to the backup proxy system and open the Backup Agent Admin.

   To open the Backup Agent Admin, click Start, Programs, Arcserve, Arcserve Backup, and click Backup Agent Admin.

   The Backup Agent Admin dialog opens.

2. From the drop-down list, select Arcserve Backup Agent for Virtual Machines and click Configuration on the toolbar.

   The Arcserve VMware Configuration Tool opens.

3. In the Temporary VM Mount Location field, specify the path to the location where you want to mount the data.
4. Click Set.

   The Temporary VM Mount Location is set.

5. Click Close.

   The Arcserve VMware Configuration Tool closes.