VM restore to different host

[Chetan]

Hello Gurus,

I am a newbie to TSM and am still figuring out the different configurations needed. I recently tried a VM restore from tape, the restore works fine when I put the VM at the same host, but as soon as I alter the command to include a different host it errors out saying host can not be found. Funny thing is the host is a valid host. To verify I changed the restore vm command to restore a VM guest that belonged to the newer host that i want to restore to and the command was successful. I have checked dsm.opt amd verified connectivity and all looks good.

Here is the command I am trying-

restore vm ATL04VM01 -vmname="VM01_NEW" -host=atl01HST01.PRD

The guest ATL04VM01 originally belongs to atl01HST05.PRD and
restore vm ATL04VM01 -vmname="VM01_NEW" -host=atl01HST05.PRD works fine

I verified dsm.opt has the updated host name and the server can connect to the new host.

PLease let me know what else I can check or suggested resolutions, I can't think of anything else.

Thanks and regards,
Chetan

 

[TykneeTym]

Are both hosts on the same vCenter? If not, change the VMCHOST setting to the vCenter of the target host.

If you're not using a vCenter, change it to the ESX server you want to restore to.