What this means is that you can no longer just install the Backup/Archive 
client and run these commands. You have to have the license for Spectrum 
Protect for VE in order to execute VM backup and restore operations. 


Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/14/2017 
06:03:10 PM:

> From: Hans Christian Riksheim <bullhcr AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 03/14/2017 06:05 PM
> Subject: Re: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued 
> in Virtual Environment??
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Del,
> 
> we have upgraded to 8.1 and run our vm backups exactly like before. What 
do
> you mean that "dsmc backup vm" is legacy? Will this method of doing VM
> backups be discontinued in future versions of the product?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans Chr.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Del Hoobler <hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > This is not referring to running the BA Client in guest.
> >
> > This is referring to the legacy commands like:
> >    DSMC BACKUP VM
> >    DSMC RESTORE VM
> >    DSMC QUERY VM
> >
> >
> > Del
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/14/2017
> > 03:19:48 PM:
> >
> > > From: "Alford, Ben" <balford AT UTK DOT EDU>
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Date: 03/14/2017 03:20 PM
> > > Subject: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued in
> > > Virtual Environment??
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > >
> > > The IBM site: www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/
> > > client/r_new_for_version.html<http://www.ibm.com/support/
> > > knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/client/r_new_for_version.html>  says:
> > > Discontinued functions
> > > The following functions are discontinued in this release:
> > > Virtual machine operations on the backup-archive client
> > > Virtual machine operations are available only if you are using the
> > > client as a data mover for the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual
> > > Environments products (Data Protection for VMware or Data Protection
> > > for Microsoft Hyper-V).
> > > You can no longer run virtual machine operations without installing
> > > IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments.
> > > What does "Virtual machine operations" mean?    Do TSM's basic
> > > backup/archive functions stop if the 8.1 client is running as a VM
> > > guest and Spectrum Protect for VE is not installed???
> > > Ben Alford
> > > IT Manager, Office of Information Technology
> > > The University of Tennessee
> > >
> >
>