Well, thanks for the input....

But according to Vmware VCB is still the way to go. And you will cut
your licenses cost with VCB.



//Henrik 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Mark Stapleton
Sent: den 19 mars 2007 15:11
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TSM licensing on VMware

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Henrik Wahlstedt Look at
Vmware consolidated backup, VCB, which is Vmwares prefered method to
backup virtual nodes.
It will probably save you some TSM licenses...

And how TSM handles CPU/mem during backup I wont recommend you to
install a TSM client on all Vmware nodes.

 
If you're not sure, please do not give out incorrect information.
 
TSM licenses by physical processor. If you have a 4-way VMWare server,
you have to pay for 4 licenses, even if you have 20 VMs on the machine.
So yes, you should put the TSM client on each VM, and a client on the
VMWare host as well.
 
--
Mark Stapleton (mark.s AT evolvingsol DOT com)
Senior consultant


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