Thank you all for sharing your ideas and experiences. To continue the discussion, let me pose a couple of more precise questions: - In VMware guests, tape access via NPIV is not "supported", but it might work. Correct? - In VMs, storage agent (and so lan-free backup) is not supported by IBM, but it might work? - If lan-free is feasible in VMs, does that mean SANergy is supported? - Remco recommended looking for other solutions than SANergy if possible. Is GPFS supported or at least does it work here?
Regards, Mehdi
