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(Optional) Create a Global Configuration File

The global configuration file (vm.cfg) has parameters and values related to storage locations where the VM virtual disks are created. The values for storage locations are auto-detected during the restore process. The vm.cfg file overrides the values related to storage locations and other parameters. If you want to specify your own storage location instead of the auto-detected value, you can use the vm.cfg file.

The global configuration file is at the following location:

/opt/CA/d2dserver/configfiles/vm.cfg

The following parameters can be configured in the vm.cfg file:

General Parameters

D2D_VM_PORT

Allows you to specify a custom port to communicate with the hypervisor server.

• For OVM, the d2drestorevm command requires the OVM CLI interface and the default port is 10000.
• For XenServer, the d2drestorevm command communicates with the server using the SSH and the default port is 22.
• For RHEV, the d2drestorevm command utilizes the Representational State Transfer (REST) API to communicate with the server using HTTPS.

OVM Specific Parameters

OVM_ISO_REPOSITORY

Lets you manually set the repository to upload the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD.

OVM_ISO_UPLOAD_SERVER

Lets you manually specify the repository server to upload the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD.

OVM_DISK_REPOSITORY

Lets you use specific OVM repository to create virtual disks.

Note: The d2drestorevm utility uses the ID for the OVM specific parameters.

RHEV Specific Parameters

RHEV_DISK_STORAGE_DOMAIN

Lets you use specific RHEV storage domain to create virtual disks. The d2drestorevm utility uses the lexical file name for the RHEV specific parameters.

Xen Specific Parameters

XEN_DISK_SR

Lets you use specific Xen storage repository to create virtual disks. The d2drestorevm utility uses the lexical file name for the Xen specific parameters.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Backup Server.
2. Create the global configuration file and name it as vm.cfg.
3. Open the global configuration file and update the parameters in the file.
4. Save and close the file.
5. Place the file at the configfiles folder:

   /opt/CA/d2dserver/configfiles/vm.cfg
   

The global configuration file is successfully created.