Please see this article:

        https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21239546

In the table, VMWARE section, under the TSM Server, it shows

    * IBM can make no guarantees with respect to the
      performance and scalability in a virtualized environment

    * No support for attached tape drivers or tape libraries,
      either virtual or physically attached

    * No support for LAN-Free data movement to tape or disk


Del


"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 07/27/2011
02:20:39 PM:

>> From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
>> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
>> Date: 07/27/2011 02:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: NPIV for LAN-free backup of SQL server in VMware
>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>>
>> 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
>> >>
>>
>> --
>> Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
>>
>> Remco Post
>> r.post AT plcs DOT nl
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