Mikey D
ADSM.ORG Member
We're getting ready to implement the agent at one of our facilities and I'm curious to see how everyone else is accomplishing some things we did relatively easy the "old" way.
How are you schedules certain VM's at different time frames? Wondering if folks are using the TSM scheduler to do it and how that looks or if the vCenter plugin has been an easier option for you.
Policy and retention wise how are you handling VM's that may require a longer retention than others? Wondering if folks are just using separate management classes within the same policy or using multiple data move nodes. I'm also wondering if you're using multiple management classes are you just using includes within the dsm.opt or specifying in the TSM schedule somehow?
Collocation wise we're using physical tape to store these VM backups, control data will be in a disk area. Are you collocating by file space for these VM backups given the way they're stored or are you using multiple data mover nodes to work what needs collocation what doesn't?
I'm struggling to come up with the best practices on how to accomplish these items which to me we did so simply before with the in guest backup method. I know a lot of questions but recommendations and real world experience on these items would be invaluable.
How are you schedules certain VM's at different time frames? Wondering if folks are using the TSM scheduler to do it and how that looks or if the vCenter plugin has been an easier option for you.
Policy and retention wise how are you handling VM's that may require a longer retention than others? Wondering if folks are just using separate management classes within the same policy or using multiple data move nodes. I'm also wondering if you're using multiple management classes are you just using includes within the dsm.opt or specifying in the TSM schedule somehow?
Collocation wise we're using physical tape to store these VM backups, control data will be in a disk area. Are you collocating by file space for these VM backups given the way they're stored or are you using multiple data mover nodes to work what needs collocation what doesn't?
I'm struggling to come up with the best practices on how to accomplish these items which to me we did so simply before with the in guest backup method. I know a lot of questions but recommendations and real world experience on these items would be invaluable.