EJ,
Have you reviewed TSM V6.1 Windows BA documentation? It looks like
it coordinates backups through VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB). And
allws for both image and file level backups. We will be investigating
this feature within the next few weeks as our virtual environment is
rapidly expanding.
The V6 BA client also has a "-snapdiff" option which nicely
integrates filesystem snapshot backups of N-series storage devices.
Cheers,
Neil Strand
Storage Engineer - Legg Mason
Baltimore, MD.
(410) 580-7491
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Loon, EJ van - SPLXM
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:04 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Backing up running VM's
Hi TSM-ers!
Our windows department is looking at different backup products for
backing up their server.
They have two major problems with TSM. One I cannot solve: the TSM
client license is processor based, so quite expensive for the majority
of small servers. I think we all agree that the TSM client license
should be capacity based, but IBM aint listening here...
The other problem is that they state TSM cannot backup running VM's.
They now use a product called DPM to make snapshot copies of running
VM's.
I'm not really familiar with Window server management, especially when
it comes to virtualization, but I know one thing: TSM is one of the
leading, cutting edge backup products, so I doubt TSM is not supporting
this feature.
Does anybody know whether it is possible to make snapshot backups with
TSM of running VM's?
Thank you very much in advance for any reply!!!
Kind regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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