Hi,

Not sure either if this apar  has been solved, but the web page give a solution 
to the problem : "Rename the filespace back to its original name to regain 
access to this data from the client.". Thus in the case of a restore request, 
you would just have to rename the current filespace name to xxx_current and 
rename the freezed one to the current one ... Has to be tested though !

Two other means I could think of : rename the VM in ESX, and do a backup with 
the new name, then name it back to original name.

Or, a much more complicated approach : make use of another target node name, 
same style than this : http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688752

Cheers.

Arnaud

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Marco Batazzi
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 2:20 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: R: freezing a final backup of a vm

Hello,
Maybe is not still the case but renaming vm filespace is  not fully supported: 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC92869

Open a support ticked to be sure.

Regards

MB


-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Per conto di 
PAC Brion Arnaud
Inviato: venerdì 5 maggio 2017 13:57
A: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Oggetto: Re: [ADSM-L] freezing a final backup of a vm

Hi Gary,

In this case you might make use of "rename filespace" command : just rename the 
filespace corresponding to your VM, and start a fresh backup.
Doing so will allow to keep your old VM  backup data freezed.

Cheers.

Arnaud



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Lee, Gary
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 1:27 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: freezing a final backup of a vm

To Mark:

Thanks for the link.
However, I must not have made myself clear.
We need something more akin to the backupset.
Freeze a backup while allowing further backups to take place afterward.  Are 
these allowed on an individual vm?

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Mark Beta
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 7:12 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] freezing a final backup of a vm

Hello Gary,
take a look @ http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21659826.
If you have tdp for ve 7.1 or upper, the vm last backup will stay until "expire 
vm" command will be executed.

Regards.

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Lee, Gary <glee AT bsu DOT edu> wrote:

> I have a request to freeze a backup of a vm using tsm for ve for one 
> year after its decommissioning.
> What happens here is that the vm is turned off, and converted into a 
> template.
> If I do nothing, will its backups be retained as active, even though I 
> don't back up templates?
> If not, how to fulfill this request?
> Tsm server 7.1.7.1.
>