We are currently using VCB to do the full snapshot backups of each VM and then daily client backups within each VM. Now that we've upgraded out TSM server to 5.5 we hope to implement more of the VCB capabilities and hopefully remove the client from the individual VM's. That still needs some testing....and the TIME to do it.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VMware and TSM Backup - Survey Early returns on the quick survey: I have about 10 responses so far. Keep them coming if you care to. My conclusion at this point is that the intersection between TSM and VMware is relatively small. That jives with what VMware has said: they believe they have only penetrated about 10% of the potential market thus far. At $600M in licenses in the last year. Wow. Most folks are using the TSM Client/Agent within the VM to do backups. Cool and you have to love the licensing on that: one client/agent license (with the appropriate cores figured, naturally) per ESX Server. VMs don't crap out often so DR is minimal, but it is relatively straightforward: rebuild the VM and then reconstitute it with data from TSM. Not many folks are worried about backing up the VMDK files though that can aid in recovery. Some are doing it, but using scripts or snapshots to accomplish it. With the exception of customers testing our stuff, I didn't hear of others using the VCB framework to do backups. I think this is hampered somewhat by the newness of V5.5 and the hooks there to make that somewhat easier. Will that come on as a method as time wears on? We'll see. I think this gets more interesting as the number of VMs gets larger. More sophisticated techniques will be required to adequately protect the environment. And keeping track of hundreds of objects is hard even if they are all on one piece of hardware (or two). I think, too, that the movement of physical to virtual is going to drive the necessity of having ones backup house in order. TSM users are in good shape. I think that in general, our houses are in better order... Thanks again for the input. Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 www.storserver.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thorneycroft, Doug Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] VMware and TSM Backup - Survey Uh gee Kelly, I was hoping to use STORServers agent to manage VMware Consolidated Backup. Please don't tell me there's a better way! -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: VMware and TSM Backup - Survey Folks, I'm trying to determine what our community is doing with respect to backing up VMware to TSM. If you are so inclined, please answer and send to me privately. I am interested in understanding the intersection between TSM and VMware... Are you backing up VMware Virtual Machines? Are you using VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) or are you using a TSM Client in the VM or both? Are you using TSM's new Backup VM command (available in TSM V5.5)? How many ESX servers and how many VMs? If you aren't Virtualized yet, do you intend to be? Have you thought about how to backup your VM environment? Any other ideas/issues you want to kick around... If it is true this is a subject of general interest, we can leave it in the forum as we go round and round. Thanks, Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 www.storserver.com
