What this means is that you can no longer just install the Backup/Archive client and run these commands. You have to have the license for Spectrum Protect for VE in order to execute VM backup and restore operations.
Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 03/14/2017 06:03:10 PM: > From: Hans Christian Riksheim <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 03/14/2017 06:05 PM > Subject: Re: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued > in Virtual Environment?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Del, > > we have upgraded to 8.1 and run our vm backups exactly like before. What do > you mean that "dsmc backup vm" is legacy? Will this method of doing VM > backups be discontinued in future versions of the product? > > Regards, > > Hans Chr. > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Del Hoobler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is not referring to running the BA Client in guest. > > > > This is referring to the legacy commands like: > > DSMC BACKUP VM > > DSMC RESTORE VM > > DSMC QUERY VM > > > > > > Del > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 03/14/2017 > > 03:19:48 PM: > > > > > From: "Alford, Ben" <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: 03/14/2017 03:20 PM > > > Subject: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued in > > > Virtual Environment?? > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > > > > > The IBM site: www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/ > > > client/r_new_for_version.html<http://www.ibm.com/support/ > > > knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/client/r_new_for_version.html> says: > > > Discontinued functions > > > The following functions are discontinued in this release: > > > Virtual machine operations on the backup-archive client > > > Virtual machine operations are available only if you are using the > > > client as a data mover for the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual > > > Environments products (Data Protection for VMware or Data Protection > > > for Microsoft Hyper-V). > > > You can no longer run virtual machine operations without installing > > > IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments. > > > What does "Virtual machine operations" mean? Do TSM's basic > > > backup/archive functions stop if the 8.1 client is running as a VM > > > guest and Spectrum Protect for VE is not installed??? > > > Ben Alford > > > IT Manager, Office of Information Technology > > > The University of Tennessee > > > > > >
