You are right, this seems to have changed in the last 6 months or so! :-)
Very nice for a disk only TSM Server solutions, but I see the storage agents
are still not supported on VMware.
- In VMware guests, tape access via NPIV is not "supported", but it might
work. Correct?
True, I worked with tape in ESX 4.1 attached via SAS and that works fine
(TS3200), no the same as NPIV of course but I expect no problems with it,
you can't do snapshots of the VM anymore, so be warned of that.
- In VMs, storage agent (and so lan-free backup) is not supported by IBM,
but it might work?
True, I would give you a 90% chance of it working just fine but no more
VMware drs/ha functions for your vm.
- If lan-free is feasible in VMs, does that mean SANergy is supported?
No, it doesn't mean it is supported but I can't find if it is.
- Remco recommended looking for other solutions than SANergy if possible. Is
GPFS supported or at least does it work here?
This is what I find on GPFS / VMware :
GPFS has |been tested with VMware ESX 4.1 for NSD clients only and is
supported |on all Linux distros |that are supported by both VMware and GPFS.
( from here :
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/clresctr/vxrx/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.cluster.gpfs.doc%2Fgpfs_faqs%2Fgpfsclustersfaq.html)
What is your idea on SANergy/GPFS in relation to SQL server backup?
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:00 PM, ADSM-L <tsm AT networkc.co DOT uk> wrote:
> >> IBM doesn't support the TSM server or a storage agent on the VMware
> platform.
>
> Are you sure about that? The link from Del earlier asserts that TSM Server
> *is* supported on VMWare.
>
> David McClelland
> London, UK
>
> On 27 Jul 2011, at 20:37, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Oops on the data, SQL was stated, missed that one! :-)
> >
> > Sure, you can install it and get it running, don't expect any support
> from
> > IBM on it on the other hand, that's why you can't use it for any serieus
> > production use.
> > IBM doesn't support the TSM server or a storage agent on the VMware
> > platform.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:
> >
> >> On 27 jul. 2011, at 20:13, Stefan Folkerts wrote:
> >>
> >>> Lan-free requires the installation of a storage agent, this software is
> >> not
> >>> supported on the VMware platform so it's not possible to make lan-free
> >>> backups from a client on the VMware platform.
> >>>
> >>
> >> there is a lan-free agent for windows, which is of course the OS running
> >> SQL server. I'm convinced that you can install the agent on that OS
> without
> >> any problems. As said, it's the tape via NPIV in a VM environment that
> is a
> >> support issue, mainly because it's not tested by IBM, not because it's
> >> guaranteed not to work.
> >>
> >>> What kind of data is it and where is it coming from?
> >>
> >> MS SQL server ;-)
> >>
> >>> Maybe we can figure out some other solution..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Mehdi Salehi <ezzobad AT gmail DOT com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi
> >>>> The question is how to use TDP for SQL in a VMware environment. As the
> >> data
> >>>> is multi-terabyte, LAN-free is necessary.
> >>>> Is NPIV a supported method to present SAN resources to VMware clients?
> A
> >>>> friend says that tape access is not possible and I wonder if SANergy
> is
> >>>> supported or not.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you,
> >>>> Mehdi
> >>>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
> >>
> >> Remco Post
> >> r.post AT plcs DOT nl
> >> +31 6 248 21 622
> >>
>
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