User's Guide

Appendix 1: vmPRO CLIGuide
External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance
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vss commands
vss query
Use to list all virtual machines (VMs) waiting for the VSS backup to complete.
vss backup complete [query | all | <vm uuid>]
Use to perform log truncation on VMs with a completed backup.
Use the query argument to list VMs that are waiting for log truncation.
SpecificVM
To run log truncation for a specific VM from the returned list, enter the list number of the VM.
AllVMs
To run log truncation on all listed VMs, use the all argument.
VMUUID
To run log truncation for a VM using its universally unique identifier (uuid), use the <vm uuid> argument.
vss backup fail [query | all | <vm uuid>]
Use to remove VMs with a completed backup from the log truncation waiting list.
Use the query argument to list VMs that are waiting for log truncation.
SpecificVM
To remove a specific VM from the log truncation waiting list, enter the list number of the VM.
AllVMs
To remove all listed VMs from the log truncation waiting list, use the all argument.
VMUUID
To remove a VM from the log truncation waiting list using the VM's universally unique identifier (uuid), use the
<vm uuid> argument.
External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO
Appliance
You can use external monitoring applications for the devices in your vmPRO environment to catch issues
that require administrative attention. Quantum vmPRO supports the following external monitoring
applications.