That is good to know Stefan, it makes sense to so thank you!
I used the schedule again and it returns the same ANS9377E.
And Del, I am editing the correct .opt file, i made a typo and restarted
the dm cad but that gave an error, fixed the typo and it worked again so I
know it's working and the correct stuff is in the correct .opt file.
I created the .opt files and tag-related stuff for the .opt file with the
VE gui and it matches the documentation.
A manual VM backup doesn't start either with nothing in the logs.

The vCenter appliance is 6u2 so supported.

It's very strange and log entries are so limited that I don't know where to
look.



On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Stefan Bender <stefan.bender AT de.ibm DOT com>
wrote:

> Hello Stefan,
> these tags are to configure backup schedules. Not to configure "ad hoc"
> backups via "dsmc backup vm".
> If you want to use tags, please set up your scheduler service to execute
> the backups.
>
> When you look at your command below it contains the domain statement for
> using tags: -domain.vmfull="Schedule-Tag"
> The tag in VMware is the schedule name, like "DAILY_VM_INCR_BACKUP". The
> dsmc command does not have any linkage to the schedule name.
>
> Only the scheduler service knows the schedule name, when it is started. It
> gets that information from the Spectrum Protect server.
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards
>
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> From:   Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date:   15.03.2017 14:42
> Subject:        [ADSM-L] digging deeper with VE tagging support possible?
> Sent by:        "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having some issues running 8.1.0.1 and VMware tagging support.
> I keep getting the message "ANS9377E No virtual machine is specified on
> the
> Back VM command or the virtual machine domain list could not be processed"
>
> dsm.opt has "vmtagdatamover yes" set and can log into vCenter and see all
> the VM's
> I can select the datamover and compatible schedule in vCenter webclient
> I attached the schedule to a folder that contains a VM that is not
> excluded
> from this backup.
>
> I backup using the schedule created via the OC (attached to datamover)
> and a .cmd script on the datamover:
>
> dsmc backup vm -domain.vmfull="Schedule-Tag" -vmbackuptype=FULLVM
> -asnodename=<DCNODE> -MODE=IFINCR
>
> I can't get it to work and there is no log information that will help me,
> has anybody seen this before?
>
> Thanks.
>