Grigori,.

As I understand it VMware is moving away from the VCB framework method
of backups and is starting to develop their own backup appliance called
VMware Data Recovery - currently at v1.2 - which is a simplistic
disk-to-disk only in-line deduped solution for VMware free with VMware
Advanced licenses and up.

From VMware version ~4 backing up from the Console is network limited
so this is becoming a future-less option.

VMware does provide Storage API's but I assume TSM is still assimilating
them for future features.

So after all is said and done VCB is your best option - clunky as it is
- and backing up from the console is not recommended.

Regards
Louw

On 21-Jun-10 11:19, Grigori Solonovitch wrote:

I will deeply appreciate any answers on the next quiestions:

What are the current problems with backup/restore in case of using ESXi instead 
of ESX?
Which version of TSM Client supports ESXi completely?
What kind of additional software is required to backup/restore ESXi virtual 
machines?


Grigori G. Solonovitch

Senior Technical Architect

Information Technology  Ahli United Bank Kuwait http://www.ahliunited.com.kw

Phone: (+965) 2231-2274  Mobile: (+965) 99798073  E-Mail: Grigori.Solonovitch AT 
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