I would like to hear from anyone that has been sucessful in this as
well. We have essentially the same setup, with the 5.3 client installed.

Thanks,
Andrew 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Steve Schaub
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:23 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Vmware guest "hot" backups

All,

My team & I would be interested in speaking with anyone who has been
successful in using TSM to backup/restore what the database folks would
call a "hot" backup of VMWare guest machines (i.e. backing up the .vmdk
files while the guest is in redo mode).

We have run several test backup/restores, some less successful than
others.
We are using ESX 2.5 currently.

If you have gotten this to work consistantly and would be willing to
share your experience, please email me directly: steve_schaub AT bcbst DOT com
<mailto:steve_schaub AT bcbst DOT com>

thanks.

Steve Schaub
Systems Engineer, WNI
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
423-752-6574 (desk)
423-785-7347 (cell)



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