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Hi,

our firmware level is BBH8 currently. This level works fine. I think you use another drive model.

Hello,

I've opened an PMR and we are still working on it. I'll post the solution if I've it.
All options are set correctly but currently no success.

Greetings
Sebastian

Thank you for you post. I've solved the problem. The new firmware for tape drives causes the problems (reservation conflicts). A downgrade to earlier version solved the problem. If somebody wants tu...

Thank you for your reply. All you wrote I've done. TSM worked really fine in the past with Windows. TSM is not the problem, but the device driver especially the tape bus enumerator is currently out...

Hi,
yesterday I installed latest Windows updates on my TSM server and vm backup proxy which uses LANfree data movement. When I reboot the machine it doesn't come back online. When I disconnect the...

Hello,

does anybody have a documentation for setting up a secure communication between storage agent and TSM server? I'm using TSM 6.3.3 and the documentation...

If you use separate virtual disks for every drive (means c: = hard disk 1, d: = hard disk 2, ...) and TSM VE 6.4 you're able to define include/exclude statements like exclude.vmdisk * "hard disk 1"....

What level of TDP and OS are you using? W2k3 you look for it in the taskbar. W2k8 there is a shortcut in the start menu. The path to the binary should be:
C:\Program Files...

What platform are you using (Windows or Linux)? If Windows you'll need to connect with the console or admin option via RDP. When connecting to a Linux proxy via SSH please don't forget to enable X11...

Hello,

Review this IBM article (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21579399). You'll need to enable changed block tracking (ctkEnabeld = "True" inside the vmx file). I'm from Germany...

Did you set up proxy authority? Do you have any logfiles available?

Hi,
could you please provide your vmcliprofile file. I'd a similar problem. I would like to check if this is an "installation" error.
This is my vmcliprofile. Please check the marked lines:
>>>...

Hi,

the plugin is part of the TSM for VE installation. You will definately need the B/A client on the proxy. Please keep attention on the installation and configuration instructions...

I've edited my post. Please have a look at the vmcliprofile and check that all needed line are not commented.

Please verify the vmcliprofile (this is my config - please adapt for your environment). Please note that I've two plugins running:

VE_TSM_SERVER_NAME bbackup01 # -s...

Hi,

did you grant proxy authority correctly. I'd the same problem.

Greetings
Sebastian

I'm currently searching for any intelligent way to generate a list of VM's to backup without editing the options file for data mover node. All the option currently supported don't reflect my needs....

Hi walkman,

how do you backup you environment? Is the proxy a virtual machine?
I use a physical machine as proxy node. The proxy is attached to san and has access to all vmware lun's. I installed...

Hi,

when i'm restoring a virtual machine to vcenter the following message will be diplayed in vsphere client repeately:
Clear lazy zero". I found this at IBM website...

Hi,

did you use a vmware user that has sufficient right to register the plugin. I'd similar problems because I used a user with insufficient access right to vcenter. Try to uninstall and reinstall...

Good documentation resources: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/tivolistoragemanager/IBM+Tivoli+Storage+Manager+for+Virtual+Environments
Tool for setting up tape mode:...

Tape mode isn't really funny. I'll use a VTL in the future (is also tape mode but much more faster). There are a lot of config tasks like VMMC, VMCTLMC ...
Nice holidays for you.

Try using this...

Use this path: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Tivoli\TSM\TDPVMware\Mount\
Here you'll find the conf-file - hopefully :cool:

I think your snapshot resides on tape? I'd the same error - my and your possible solution: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21496611

Use a windows vm first - this much more easier. For linux vm's the best way is to do it manually. If you need any support let me know.
Gruesse aus Berlin nach Basel.

Is the "Data Protection for VMware Mount" service started?

I had the same effect in the past - but I forgot the solution (I think I deleted the filespaces too). If you access your proxy via RDP choose to connect to console (mstsc /v:<proxyhost> /console or...

For Windows based guests install the TDP and B/A client on the proxy - so your will be able to mount Windows guest partitions directly to the proxy and copy the file via CIFS to the guest.
For Linux...

Did you perform a custom b/a client installation? You need to do this, because you need to select the vmware packages.

The video is nice but they are cowards - because they do not show how to mount linux partitions. The setup procedure is really heavy.
You don't need any file level backups because the TDP only uses...

Please take a look here - I had the same problem. There is a short description in the manual:
" Users must be logged in locally in order to run Data Protection for VMware
Recovery Agent operations....

You need the new product TDP for VMWare (this requires a PVU based license - you'll need to license you vmware cluster/hosts). You're rigjt - I only do fullvm backups and if I need to restore any...

Hello,

the better way is to zone your ESX LUN's to proxy host and then performing your backups. I use 6.2.3 client with TDP - so I'm able to perform full backups lanfree and incremetals through...

Hello, do you have enough space available on your proxy host? Check you vmbackdir option.

Sebastian

Hello,

yes it's not the same. But in my opinion it's the better implementation (much more easier to set up). I'm currently using TSMManager 5.0 and had never any problems with TSMManager vaulting....

Any additional information on how to schedule and store virtual machine data:
-...

Hello, I'm currently using TDP for VMWare and you don't need any file-level backups, because the TDP builds the catalog for you and you can mount the partition to the proxy host. There are some...