This is not referring to running the BA Client in guest.

This is referring to the legacy commands like:
   DSMC BACKUP VM
   DSMC RESTORE VM
   DSMC QUERY VM


Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/14/2017 
03:19:48 PM:

> From: "Alford, Ben" <balford AT UTK DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 03/14/2017 03:20 PM
> Subject: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued in 
> Virtual Environment??
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> The IBM site: www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/
> client/r_new_for_version.html<http://www.ibm.com/support/
> knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/client/r_new_for_version.html>  says:
> Discontinued functions
> The following functions are discontinued in this release:
> Virtual machine operations on the backup-archive client
> Virtual machine operations are available only if you are using the 
> client as a data mover for the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual 
> Environments products (Data Protection for VMware or Data Protection
> for Microsoft Hyper-V).
> You can no longer run virtual machine operations without installing 
> IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments.
> What does "Virtual machine operations" mean?    Do TSM's basic 
> backup/archive functions stop if the 8.1 client is running as a VM 
> guest and Spectrum Protect for VE is not installed???
> Ben Alford
> IT Manager, Office of Information Technology
> The University of Tennessee
>