I am not sure if I follow. Has Microsoft communicated a change in its support for systemstate restores or is it just IBMs decision to not bother with it anymore?
Hans Chr. On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Del Hoobler <hoob...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > It's true IBM Spectrum Protect did support online system state restores > before, but it is against Microsoft's best practices to support it. IBM > Spectrum Protect 8.1 is more strictly enforcing the documented best > practices from Microsoft for system state restores. > > IBM did not drop the API support for LoP BE specifically so that Data > Protection for SAP HANA on Power BE continues to be supported. However, > IBM's strategic direction is LoP LE ( > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-power-little-endian-faq-trs/ > ). Both SAP and Data Protection for SAP HANA have LoP LE support on the > roadmap for 1H17. Your investment in Linux on Power is safe, it is just > that the software will switch to LE architecture from current BE > architecture in the future. > > Del > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 12/12/2016 > 10:18:18 AM: > > > From: Martin Janosik <martin.jano...@cz.ibm.com> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 12/12/2016 10:19 AM > > Subject: Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > I'm also a bit nervous and curoius at the same time about discontinued > > functions, namely: > > Online system state restores - You can no longer restore the system > state > > on a system that is online. Instead, use the Automated System Recovery > > (ASR) based recovery method to restore the system state in offline > Windows > > Preinstallation Environment (PE) mode. > > and > > The following operating systems are no longer supported by the > > backup-archive client: > > Linux on Power Systems™ (big endian). You can still use the IBM Spectrum > > Protect API on Linux on Power Systems (big endian). > > > > What is the idea behind "to be competive with x86 platform and get > > compativility certification for SAP HANA with Linux on Power platform > (Big > > Endian)" (ref. > > https://blogs.saphana.com/2015/08/21/announcing-general- > > availability-of-sap-hana-on-ibm-power-systems/ > > ) and then 1.5 year later drop support of BAclient for OS"? > > > > We deployed 10+ big SAP HANA on Power8 instances last year, and now we > will > > be getting "not supported" for new releases? > > > > M. Janosik > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 12/09/2016 > > 02:45:34 PM: > > > > > From: Chavdar Cholev <chavdar.cho...@gmail.com> > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 12/09/2016 02:47 PM > > > Subject: [ADSM-L] ISP 81 Discontinued functions > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > > > Does some one check discontinued functions in new version... > > > especially part of no VM backup as standard function in BA client.... > > > It is not good at all. TDP for Virtual environment for hyper-V creats > > diff > > > hdds (.avhdx) > > > and my customers will not be happy with this, because you have to > merge > > > these file, > > > when you need to expand .vhdx disk for example .... > > > > > > :( > > > Regards > > > Cahvdar > > > > > >
