Steve, You don't need to run VSS backups, but you need to configure for it in order to make the little red x to go away.
Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 08/22/2012 10:26:53 AM: > From: "Stackwick, Stephen" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 08/22/2012 10:51 AM > Subject: SQL TDP 6.3 question (red X) > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > It looks to me like, out of the box, the configuration wizard for > the 6.3 SQL TDP expects and seems to require VSS. For instance, it > populates the VSS agent with the name of the BA client node and > won't accept a blank (i.e., no entry). > > Well, no matter. I can always configure the TDP manually to do > legacy backups through configuration file editing. But now, when I > run the DP for SQL management console, my SQL server has a small red > "X" over it under the "Protect and Recover" menu. Backups and > restores seem to work OK, but it *is* a bit unnerving and I've had > client questions about it. Any answer? > > Steve
