On VM backup, I may not be too familiar with TSM and Veeam and some other backup software so I'm looking for some advice.
I am currently configuring a TSM server for internal use, one of the purposes is to take care of the VM farm.
To my limited knowledge Veeam should be able to consolidate backups automatically, but I am not sure about the case of TSM, for example:
Is it OK for me to take a forever incremental approach? I mean, if I can't keep the whole backup chain due to capacity problems, for example I only keep 3 versions of backups, when TSM purges old backups, is the backup chain still valid? If yes, does that mean TSM can consolidate backups automatically? Or if not, that means I still need a periodic full? Is there any article on how TSM and VMware forever incremental backups?
Please advise, thanks.
I am currently configuring a TSM server for internal use, one of the purposes is to take care of the VM farm.
To my limited knowledge Veeam should be able to consolidate backups automatically, but I am not sure about the case of TSM, for example:
Is it OK for me to take a forever incremental approach? I mean, if I can't keep the whole backup chain due to capacity problems, for example I only keep 3 versions of backups, when TSM purges old backups, is the backup chain still valid? If yes, does that mean TSM can consolidate backups automatically? Or if not, that means I still need a periodic full? Is there any article on how TSM and VMware forever incremental backups?
Please advise, thanks.