Re: [ADSM-L] Vmware VCB & VDR

Rick,

You are correct. If you want to restore directly onto the client, then
the TSM client has to be present in the VM.
If no TSM client is present, restores can only be done on the proxy. The
keep in mind the difference between Unicode and non-unicode filespaces
upon restore.

Met vriendelijke groet, with kind regards,
Richard van Denzel

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Rick Adamson
Sent: dinsdag 31 augustus 2010 17:11
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Vmware VCB & VDR

As I understand it, if you wish to perform file level restores on the
actual TSM client you will need to install the client. If not then all
restores have to be done on the proxy or other TSM client


~Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard van Denzel
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:07 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Vmware VCB & VDR

Hi,

I've tested it with TSM 6.2 and vSphere 4.0. When doing file-backups of
the VM the vStorage API is used, when doing a FULLVM backup then still
VCB is used.
You do not have the need for a client to be installed in the various
VM's, just a proxy node.

Met vriendelijke groet, with kind regards,

Richard van Denzel.



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens tkutil
Verzonden: vr 27-8-2010 21:33
Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] Vmware VCB & VDR
 
louw wrote:
> TKutil,
>
> 1. VDR is a disk-to-disk inline deduplicated backup solution for and
> from VMware.
> 2. VCB will be discontinued and is not the way forward in the long
run.
> 3. VDR still has many gaps around functionality but in its simplest
form
> works.
> 4. VMware has made available Storage API's that will make it possible
> for 3rd parties, like IBM, to get direct access to VMDK files and back
> them up, this is very exciting and I cannot wait for this to
transpire.
>
> I heard faint rumors that IBM will be supporting the API's later this
> year in an upgrade but nothing further.
>
> VDR is a good solution in addition to TSM backups especially if your
> VM's is version 7 as only changed-blocks will be backed up, this
speeds
> up the complete backups immensely but - like i said - VDR was never
> meant to be a backup replacement, only a cheap easy solution for SMB's
etc.
>
> Regards
> Louw
>


Thanks Louw

Presently we are not doing any image based backups of VMs. We own both
Backup Exec and TSM and want to determine which of these tools would be
best suited for VM image backup, and if not either of these, what tool
would be. I have used the Networker/VCB integration in the past and was
happy with that, but if VCB is not going to be around for much longer I
see no point in exploring that solution.

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