Kelly Lipp wrote:

1. $100 in the mail.
2. My reasons were actually quite different than that: We've encountered
a number of folks while working with IBM reps that have all sorts of
strange and wondrous thoughts/understanding of VCB.  We are trying to
understand the intersection of TSM and VMware users.  Is there anything
there?
3. There might be a better way, but I doubt it.

I didn't know we sold anything in that field but, on our small VMware
server environment, I just suspend the VM's for a second, take a LVM2
snapshot of the volume and resume the vm's. Copyfreq is one week. For
more volatile data, we use a tsm client in the vm with a very strict
inclexcl ruleset.

For those of you perhaps inclined, I'm still interested in the
information.  It can also be helpful to our main sponsor, TSM
development.  With luck, they will continue to enhance TSM with respect
to VMware...

If I had any, my feelings might be hurt!

Kelly Lipp
CTO
STORServer, Inc.
485-B Elkton Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719-266-8777
www.storserver.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Thorneycroft, Doug
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:06 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] VMware and TSM Backup - Survey

Uh gee Kelly, I was hoping to use STORServers agent to manage
VMware Consolidated Backup.
Please don't tell me there's a better way!


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Kelly Lipp
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:22 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: VMware and TSM Backup - Survey


Folks,



I'm trying to determine what our community is doing with respect to
backing up VMware to TSM.  If you are so inclined, please answer and
send to me privately.



I am interested in understanding the intersection between TSM and
VMware...



Are you backing up VMware Virtual Machines?

Are you using VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) or are you using a TSM
Client in the VM or both?

Are you using TSM's new Backup VM command (available in TSM V5.5)?

How many ESX servers and how many VMs?



If you aren't Virtualized yet, do you intend to be?

Have you thought about how to backup your VM environment?



Any other ideas/issues you want to kick around...



If it is true this is a subject of general interest, we can leave it in
the forum as we go round and round.



Thanks,



Kelly Lipp

CTO

STORServer, Inc.

485-B Elkton Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80907

719-266-8777

www.storserver.com

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Met vriendelijke groeten,

Remco Post