Snapshot mount point (VCB only)

Specifies a folder on the VMware backup host. This option applies only to backups that use VMware VCB on the backup host.

An example mount point is:

   G:\mnt

If the folder does not exist on the VMware backup host, NetBackup creates it.

This folder is used in one of two ways, depending on the parameter value that you choose:

For file-level backups (File level snapshot using VCB), the VMware backup host mounts snapshots of individual virtual disk volumes in this folder. These snapshots are links to the virtual datastore. No virtual machine data is copied to this folder.
For full virtual machine backups (Full VM backup or Mapped full VM backup), the VMware backup host creates a snapshot of the entire virtual machine in this folder. This snapshot contains copies of all virtual disk files on the virtual datastore that constitute a point-in-time image of the entire virtual machine. Enough space must be available in this folder to contain the snapshot.

For Windows virtual machines, the mount point must be a local drive, not network mounted. Also, do not set compression or encryption on the mount point.