As long as the version of vSphere matches the requirements
for Data Protection for VMware:

        http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679293

.. it is officially supported.


Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/26/2015 
09:53:34 AM:

> From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 03/26/2015 10:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Is the vCenter appliance supported for TSM for Virtual 
> Environments?
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Ok, anybody here from IBM that can answer this question or do I need to 
go
> thru the official channels? :-)
> 
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Bill Smoldt <smoldt AT storserver DOT com> 
wrote:
> 
> > Interesting question that will have to be answered by TSM engineering
> > officially.
> >
> > Unofficially, I’ve successfully run VE against both 5.1 and 5.5 Linux
> > vCenter appliances for quite some time.  We develop a product using 
VDDK
> > against the Windows vCenter and the appliance vCenters with no 
noticeable
> > difference.
> >
> >
> > Bill Smoldt
> > STORServer
> >
> >
> > From: Stefan Folkerts
> > Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 4:25 AM
> > To: "ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>"
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] Is the vCenter appliance supported for TSM for 
Virtual
> > Environments?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Last one for today I promise.
> >
> > Here :
> >
> >
> > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
> uid=swg21652843#Supported%20VMware%20vSphere%20versions
> >
> >
> > It states:
> >
> > The following VMware vCenter Server versions are supported:
> >
> >    - vCenter Server 5.1
> >    - vCenter Server 5.5
> >
> > I don't know if the VMware Virtual Appliance at those levels is also
> > supported by that list list or that this is just the "Windows based 
old
> > school" vCenter server software.
> >
> > Does anybody know?
> >
> > Regards,
> >    Stefan
> >
> >
>