We looked into using Tivoli FastBack but were completely surprised when it
didn't support ext4 filesystems or filesystems >2TB!  From the "*FastBack
Client and BMR Hardware Requirements"*

Linux Client only supports Simple & Simple LVM volumes. File system
supports: EXT2, EXT3 and Reiser FS

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Grigori Solonovitch <
Grigori.Solonovitch AT ahliunited DOT com> wrote:

> Hello Eric,
> We are using CBMR (without TSM initially) and TBMR now for many years
> without any problems. We have restored a few production servers after real
> crash including dissimilar configuration.
> After moving to VMware there is no problem at all. We have just uploaded
> TBMR ISO images to all VMware hosts to speed up recovery (without CD-ROM
> drive).
> Support from UK is very good. Licenses and support are not free, but they
> have some specially license policy for VMware to reduce cost in comparison
> with standalone licenses.
> In addition, they have presented Recovery Simulator recently. It allows to
> simulate recovery in VMware environment (backup testing without touching
> real VMs) for most valuable VMs or keep it scheduled at all.
> I have no experience with FastBack and couldn't compare products.
> Kindest regards,
>
> Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank
> Kuwait, www.ahliunited.com.kw
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Loon, EJ van (ITOPT3) - KLM
> Sent: 18 11 2014 11:30 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Cristie BMR vs Tivoli Fastback for BMR
>
> Fellow TSM-ers,
> We are looking for a bare machine recovery, primarily for Windows and
> Linux servers. There seem to be two main products on the market when using
> TSM: Tivoli's own Fastback for Bare Machine Recovery and the third party
> product Cristie Bare Machine Recovery which seems to be tightly integrated
> into TSM.
> As far as I can judge from reading documentation, some YouTube video's and
> a live demo of the Cristie product the latter seems a lot easier to use and
> implement, but I haven't had any hands-on experience of course.
> Has anyone compared the two products, maybe in a live situation? What are
> their pros and cons?
> Thank you very much for you reply in advance!
> Kind regards,
> Eric van Loon
> AF/KLM Storage Engineering
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