Tim, If you are running the backup from within the VM (so a regular client backup), please do check the status of your vsswriters.
Cheers, Rick On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Rick Harderwijk <[email protected]>wrote: > I believe one should not try to backup running VMs from the 'outside' > without the proper tools that support that. You will not get a valid backup > (just like you should not try to do a file backup from a SQL server > database in that way). > > Exclude the drive(s) holding the VM drives, memory maps etc, and backup > the VM from within the server itself (just as you would with a physical > server). No problems here, except for the odd VSS hang now and then. > > Cheers, > Rick > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes..... significant hangs. >> >> TSM Server at 6.2.4. >> TSM Client is 6.3.0. >> >> I'm not the HyperV manager, but I do know that D$ on that host holds the >> virtual servers. >> >> If TSM client attempts to backup D$ the process stalls and never finishes. >> >> I don't know what, if any, work has been done by the node manager other >> than exclude D$ as the immediate solution. The exclusion allows the backup >> to complete, but obviously the virtual servers aren't in the backup. >> >> I just saw the advice re "vssadmin list writers". >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Tim Brown >> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:57 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ADSM-L] tsm and hyperv servers >> >> Is anyone experiencing an issue with using TSM to back up HyperV servers, >> These servers seem to stop during the scheduled backups for no apparent >> reason. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tim Brown >> Supervisor Computer Operations >> Central Hudson Gas & Electric >> 284 South Ave >> Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 >> Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <<mailto: >> [email protected]>> >> Phone: 845-486-5643 >> Fax: 845-486-5921 >> Cell: 845-235-4255 >> >> >> "This message contains confidential information and is only for the >> intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended >> recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message >> to the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying >> to this note and deleting all copies and attachments." >> >> [Confidentiality notice:] >> *********************************************************************** >> This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for the >> person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential >> or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure >> is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >> the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies, >> Thank you. >> *********************************************************************** >> > >
