Virtual Machines schedules -recommendations

[michalwu]

Hi

Let's assume I have:
-40 ESX servers,
-400 VMs
-20TB of data
to be backed up.

I have seen
"Recommendations for Scheduling with Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 6.4" which can be downloaded here
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/...bea8d7/media/dpforvmware_scheduling640_v1.pdf

It says about setting up MAX VMs per session, MAX concurrent backups per ESX and MAX concurrent backups per datastore

VMMAXPARALLEL 30
VMLIMITPERHOST 5
VMLIMITPERDATASTORE 5

Do you think it is good idea to put all 400VMs in one schedule?
Regards
m.

 

[marcel.tubini]

It depends on your backup window. If you have 8 hours of backup window, it probably will not work.

TDP for VE 6.4 enable Incremental Forever backup, and IMHO you should use this feature.

Read this article to determine size your TDP for VE environment.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/w...nts/230491297/TSM-VE-6.3-ProxySizing-v1.1.pdf