Mehdi's original question was about running Data Protection
for SQL in a guest machine under VMWARE...
... so I wanted to make sure that part was clear.


With regards to your statement about performing an entire
VM backup, you need to be careful about the state
of the SQL databases at the time of the VM backup.
They will be in "crash recovery" state unless you run
some sort of script to quiesce or shut down the SQL Server
prior to the "backup vm" command.


Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 07/27/2011
02:50:08 PM:

>> From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
>> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
>> Date: 07/27/2011 02:58 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>
>>
>> Del,
>>
>> thanks for the clarification.
>>
>> But, in a VM environment, you can do lanfree to tape with the
>> 'backup vm' command if you have a physical proxy server. Given the
>> size of the db, you probably won't mind also backing up the OS and
>> applications.
>>
>> On 27 jul. 2011, at 20:28, Del Hoobler wrote:
>>
>> > 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