Good thinking, Ken. Now that you've got me thinking outside the VE box....
You could Storage vMotion the VM into an NFS datastore, mount the datastore on a client machine, then archive the whole VM. If you wanted to archive a subset of the VM, you could NFS- or CIFS-share a filesystem or directory from the VM to the TSM server, then archive it there. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Kenneth Bury" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [ADSM-L] VM Archive Date: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 6:54 PM Have you considered mounting the VM backup and then running the archive? It's similar to a feature Fastback has for moving data to TSM for long term storage. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Shawn Drew < [email protected]> wrote: > Looked through the manual today and can't find any information on > archiving VM data. Is there a way to archive data from a VMware guest > (file-level or image) without installing a client on the actual guest? > There doesn't seem to be an "archive vm" command > > Regards, > Shawn > ________________________________________________ > Shawn Drew > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for > the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, > please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord > with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, > is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the > integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) > not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that > certain > functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas > RCC, Inc. > -- Ken Bury
