Unless Tivoli writes their own code to perform the VCB snapshot, I don't see this happening. The way I understand it, the backup vm command is calling the vmware vcbmounter etc... commands under the covers. What you are seeing is an integration and automation of those tools. We used to have to script this, and call the vm commands manually, now at least TSM has integrated them into a single command.
I hope that they catch up a bit to what Netbackup is doing though. They have a bit better integration with VMware servers, and allow the application to backup "all" vms on a server rather than having to hard code them. While backing up straight to TSM is nice, it is also nice to have a copy sitting on the VM proxy server ready to be restored. Just one less step to getting a server back up and running. Just my 2 cents. Gary Itrus Technologies On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:14 AM, Tim Brown wrote:
I am testing the backup vm function available in the tsm 6 client. The full backup option uses a staging directory on the server. The backup is placed there and then the regular tsm backup sends it to the storage pools. Can the backup vm processs send it to the storage pools directly without sending it to the staging folder. The data is sent twice. Wouldnt it be better to send it once. Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas & Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: tbr...@cenhud.com <mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com> Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 Cell: 845-235-4255 This message contains confidential information and is only for the intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this note and deleting all copies and attachments. Thank you.
