A couple of gotchas that caught me out today might be useful info for somebody:
- The following document suggests TSM for VE 7.1.4 will work with vSphere 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970882#Supported%20VMware%20vSphere%20versions As I discovered the hard way, this seems to be stretching things a little. The VDDK version that ships with the 7.1.4 client - v6.0.1 - has a rather nasty limitation which means you can't back up VMs on vShpere 5.1 or 5.5 using the SAN transport. IBM don't seem to have gone out of their way to draw your attention to this, but details are in the VDDK 6.0.1 release notes embedded in the following: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672351 - In common I believe with TSM for VE 7.1.3, version 7.1.4 goes to almost absurd lengths to conceal the fact that it isn't going to install the Recovery Agent Device Driver. When presented with what is on the face of it a full set of features to be installed, you have to expand the Recovery Agent feature to realise that the Recovery Agent Device Driver sub-feature is now an option that must be manually selected for installation (even if upgrading from a version where the functionality was previously enabled.) Regards Neil Schofield Tivoli Storage Manager SME Backup & Recovery | Storage & Middleware | Central Infrastructure Services | Infrastructure & Service Delivery | Group IT LLOYDS BANKING GROUP Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc. Registered Office: Barnett Way, Gloucester GL4 3RL. Registered in England and Wales 2299428. Telephone: 0345 603 1637 Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Cheltenham & Gloucester Savings is a division of Lloyds Bank plc. HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC218813. This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or recorded.
