We always test with another test server. I have such a server under my desk now waiting. It will become our Disaster Recovery server with TSM already installed and waiting to go in the event of a real disaster. The DR server will be kept offsite.
Buddy Howeth Computer Operations Specialist Information Systems Pacific Coast Producers Corporate Offices 631 N. Cluff Ave Lodi, CA 95240-0756 (209) 367-8800 - Main# (209) 367-6288 - Computer Room (209) 366-6240 - Alpha Pager Howard Coles <howard.co...@ardenthealth.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 03/04/2009 06:21 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Servers supported on virtual machines--anything new? I know you may know this, but for others who may not realize it: That's not exactly the system you want to "test to see" if you have problems. Unless you have a separate non-live environment, or are in a non-regulatory and non-SLA driven environment. I had to put out this warning because if you "test" with a production environment and wind up not backing up important data, and/or losing previously backed up data it could cost you more than a whole data center full of standalone servers. Not to mention the possible down time, and hence lost backups if you have a problem. Your free to do as you wish, however, once you move to an "unsupported" platform you're SOL if you have problems you can't support on your own. IBM has a way of being nice about telling you "Sorry about your luck" and ending the call. So, I'd highly suggest that you keep TSM on a supported platform for production work. See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Buddy Howeth > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:45 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Servers supported on virtual machines--anything > new? > > 90% of our servers are VMs with the exception of TSM. We are running > 5.4 > with 166 clients. We are considering converting our TSM server to a VM > also but it was not recommended by the IBM storage expert we worked > with. > We will likely do it anyway to test it and see if we have any problems. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________________
