>> IBM doesn't support the TSM server or a storage agent on the VMware platform.
Are you sure about that? The link from Del earlier asserts that TSM Server *is*
supported on VMWare.
David McClelland
London, UK
On 27 Jul 2011, at 20:37, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
wrote:
> Oops on the data, SQL was stated, missed that one! :-)
>
> Sure, you can install it and get it running, don't expect any support from
> IBM on it on the other hand, that's why you can't use it for any serieus
> production use.
> IBM doesn't support the TSM server or a storage agent on the VMware
> platform.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> +31 6 248 21 622
>>
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