Download the 5.4-5.5 Technical Guide redbook SG24-7447 from
www.redbooks.ibm.com.

Read Chap. 24, which covers the features up through the 5.5 client.

The 6.1 client adds direct support for fullvm backups.

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Minns, Farren - Chichester <
fminns AT wiley DOT com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have been asked to look into the backing up of virtual machines with a
> view to lowering the number of TSM client licenses we require.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction of documentation regarding
> working with TSM and virtual machines as I'm not even sure what's possible.
>
> From what I gather, there is a plugin that allows the direct backing up of
> the ESX side of things?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can provide.
>
> Regards
>
> Farren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Andrew Raibeck
> Sent: 08 September 2009 16:15
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Mac Client Still being severed. Why?
>
> One thing to do: start a backup, then use the Admin client to monitor the
> client activity (use the QUERY SESSION command). Watch the run state, bytes
> sent, and bytes received... how many sessions do you see, and what is the
> activity pattern?
>
> What do you see on the client side? Are there errors in the schedule or
> error logs?
>
> Also, what is the history of this problem on that client? Did it ever work
> correctly? If so, when did it stop working, and what changes were made
> around that timeframe?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
> Level 3 Team Lead
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
>
> http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html
>
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 09/08/2009
> 11:01:19 AM:
>
> > [image removed]
> >
> > Re: Mac Client Still being severed. Why?
> >
> > Minns, Farren - Chichester
> >
> > to:
> >
> > ADSM-L
> >
> > 09/08/2009 11:02 AM
> >
> > Sent by:
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been logging onto the server as root and running an incremental
> backup.
> >
> > It seems to run ok, checking files, backing them up if necessary
> > then suddenly just says
> >
> > " ANR0480W Session 21409 for node CHXSERVE03
> > > (Mac) terminated - connection with client severed"
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Farren
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Remco Post
> > Sent: 08 September 2009 15:52
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Mac Client Still being severed. Why?
> >
> > On 8 sep 2009, at 16:37, Minns, Farren - Chichester wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > Running TSM Server 5.5.2.0 on Solaris and having a problem with just
> > > one of our Mac Clients.
> > >
> > > The Mac Client is running TSM Client 5.4.3.0  (the OS is version
> > > 10.4.11).
> > >
> > > My problem is that both scheduled and manual backups fail after
> > > approx an hour (running a few more tests to see if it's exactly an
> > > hour) with the message ANR0480W Session 21409 for node CHXSERVE03
> > > (Mac) terminated - connection with client severed.
> > >
> > > I had read a few things saying that perhaps I was running two
> > > schedulers which I'm sure I'm not (at least, I don't think so), and
> > > even if I would still be able to run a manual backup during the day
> > > when schedules do not run.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> >
> > do you have logfiles? when you run "dsmc i" on the mac in a terminal,
> > what happens? This being a Mac, it probably has about 250.000 to more
> > than 1 000 000 files just in /....
> >
> > > Many thanks as always.
> > >
> > > Farren Minns
> > > John Wiley & Sons
> >
> > --
> >
> > Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards,
> >
> > Remco Post
> >
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