Re: [ADSM-L] Servers supported on virtual machines--anything new?

90% of our servers are VMs with the exception of TSM.  We are running 5.4
with 166 clients.  We are considering converting our TSM server to a VM
also but it was not recommended by the IBM storage expert we worked with.
We will likely do it anyway to test it and see if we have any problems.

Buddy Howeth
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Lindsay Morris <lindsay AT TSMWORKS DOT COM>
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We run TSM 5.4 on a Linux VM under VMware.  It's just for our test lab
so we don't have any stressful throughout stats to report, but it
works fine.
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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Principal
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On Mar 3, 2009, at Mar 3, 11:23 AM, Nancy R. Brizuela wrote:

> Yes, been there, done that.  My boss is looking to consolidate all
> our servers on one or two platforms, i.e. all Sun and VMware virtual
> servers, for a less expensive disaster recovery plan.  We currently
> run our TSM server on a pSeries LPAR.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Roger Deschner
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:23 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Servers supported on virtual machines--anything new?
>
> .
> One reason you won't find much about this, is that TSM makes it very
> easy to run more than one TSM server instance on a single OS image.
> This
> will be inherently more efficient than virtualization via VMware, Sun
> LDOM, IBM z/VM, or IBM pSeries LPAR. Instructions are in the TSM
> Installation Guide and Administrators Guide.
>
> Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT 
> edu
> "We all live in a Virtual Machine, a Virtual Machine, a Virtual
> Machine"
> --Sung to the tune of the Beatles "Yellow Submarine", from the
>  SHARE songbook.
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Nancy R. Brizuela wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I found this document describing the virtual machines supported for
>> TSM servers, below.  Is there anything newer on this?  I don't see
>> anything about TSM servers and supported virtual machines in the V6
>> announcement.
>>
>> For instance, is running a TSM server on a Sun Solaris LDOM
>> supported?  Or running a TSM server as a VMware guest?
>> Anyone doing anything like this?
>>
>> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21239546
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Nancy Brizuela
>>

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