NetWorker command:      nsrvim

NAME

       nsrvim - client binary for communicating with VMware VirtualCenter

SYNOPSIS

       nsrvim [	 options  ]  [ -v ] [ -d ] [ -s	 server ] [ -D	debuglevel ] [
	      --help ] [ --version ] hypervisor

DESCRIPTION

       The nsrvim program communicates over SOAP with a	 VMware	 VirtualCenter
       instance	 using	the  VMware Infrastructure Methodology API. It is nor-
       mally run automatically by nsrtask(8) as specified  by  a  nsr_hypervi-
       sor(5) resource.

       The  nsrvim  program will query the NetWorker server for a nsr_hypervi-
       sor(5) resource with the same name as passed on its command line.  From
       that  resource, nsrvim will access the username, password, and endpoint
       attributes and use them to attempt to connect to a VMware VirtualCenter
       instance via SOAP.

       Once  connected,	 the  nsrvim  program  will  query  the	 VirtualCenter
       instance for the list of virtual machines and important elements of the
       inventory  (Datacenters, Clusters, Hosts and VirtualMachines). The pro-
       gram will also setup an RPC connection to nsrjobd(8) and send the vir-
       tual  machine  list  and inventory data back to the server through that
       connection. Note, nsrvim itself	does  not  update  the	nsr_hypervisor
       resource;  this	should be done by the job management program (normally
       nsrtask ).

OPTIONS

       -s     Hostname of the NetWorker server to query for the nsr_hypervisor
	      resource.

       -v     Increments the verbosity level of the output. This option can be
	      provided multiple times and its effects are additive.

       -D     Set the debug output level.

       -d     Dump the inventory to a file. The file name is the name  of  the
	      nsr_hypervisor resource with a .xml extension.

       --help Print the usage statement and exit.

       --version
	      Print the version string and exit.

       hypervisor
	      Specifies the NetWorker nsr_hypervisor resource to use.

RESOURCE TYPES

       NSR hypervisor
		    The	 attributes username and password are used to log into
		    the VirtualCenter instance.	  The  attribute  endpoint  is
		    used to connect to the SOAP interface of the VirtualCenter
		    instance.  The attribute vm list is used to	 determine  if
		    any	 new virtual machines have been found and to store the
		    current list.  The attribute environment is used to	 store
		    an	XML  document describing elements of the VirtualCenter
		    inventory as needed by NetWorker.

FILES

       /nsr/logs/nsrtask.raw	   Log	file  containing  execution   messages
				   routed through nsrtask.

SEE ALSO

       nsr_service(5), nsr_hypervisor(5), nsr_notification(5), nsr_resource(5),
       nsradmin(8), nsr(8), nsrjobd(8), nsrtank(8).

NetWorker 7.5.1			 Mar 21, 09