Del,

we have upgraded to 8.1 and run our vm backups exactly like before. What do
you mean that "dsmc backup vm" is legacy? Will this method of doing VM
backups be discontinued in future versions of the product?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Del Hoobler <hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com> wrote:

> 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
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "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
> >
>