Oops on the data, SQL was stated, missed that one! :-)

Sure, you can install it and get it running, don't expect any support from
IBM on it on the other hand, that's why you can't use it for any serieus
production use.
IBM doesn't support the TSM server or a storage agent on the VMware
platform.


On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:

> On 27 jul. 2011, at 20:13, Stefan Folkerts wrote:
>
> > Lan-free requires the installation of a storage agent, this software is
> not
> > supported on the VMware platform so it's not possible to make lan-free
> > backups from a client on the VMware platform.
> >
>
> there is a lan-free agent for windows, which is of course the OS running
> SQL server. I'm convinced that you can install the agent on that OS without
> any problems. As said, it's the tape via NPIV in a VM environment that is a
> support issue, mainly because it's not tested by IBM, not because it's
> guaranteed not to work.
>
> > What kind of data is it and where is it coming from?
>
> MS SQL server ;-)
>
> > Maybe we can figure out some other solution..
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Mehdi Salehi <ezzobad AT gmail DOT com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >> The question is how to use TDP for SQL in a VMware environment. As the
> data
> >> is multi-terabyte, LAN-free is necessary.
> >> Is NPIV a supported method to present SAN resources to VMware clients? A
> >> friend says that tape access is not possible and I wonder if SANergy is
> >> supported or not.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Mehdi
> >>
>
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>
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