lanfree over Vmware is a time issue. When NPIV works ok, I am sure TSM works 
right as well and the support will be available for this env. TSM client  5.3 
is not supported by TSM 6.2 but it works.. this is the same case, if you want 
you can test the environment.. My information  is NPIV is not stable under 
VMware..  If you do the test, please could you add an entry in the  forum. 


Regards, 

Fran





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De: "Prather, Wanda" <wPrather AT ICFI DOT COM>
Para: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Enviado: miércoles 27 de julio de 2011 22:07
Asunto: Re: NPIV for LAN-free backup of SQL server in VMware

Only when there are no tape drivers involved.

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Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 4:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] NPIV for LAN-free backup of SQL server in VMware

>> 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
>>