Hello Erwann, thank you for replying. I am not using VCB -- but instead, VADP. It's ridiculous that IBM can't offer the same off-host file-level backup of for Linux VMs that they do for Windows VMs - now I have to deploy and manage an in-guest BA client for every VM?
According to this link, it looks like file-level backup should be available, off-host using VADP for BOTH Windows and Linux. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021175 Am I missing something? Does anyone know if IBM is working on this feature? I don't relish the idea of searching for Linux files by repeatedly mounting images until I find the file I need... Best regards, Mike, x7942 RMD IT Client Services On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Erwann SIMON <erwann.si...@free.fr> wrote: > Hello Mike, > > I guess you're using the old VCB backup modes (with filelevel option). > > VCB allows image level (fullvm) for any guest operating system, but > file-level is limited to Windows guest operating system. > > See this datasheet from VMware : > http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/consolidated_backup_datasheet.pdf > > So, you won't be able to perform off-host file-level backup of your Linux > guests. > > The only available solutions are : > - installing a Linux B/A client, but i'ts an in guest istallation. > - installing TSM for VE that allows file-level recovery from an forever > incremental block-level image backup. > > -- > Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي > Erwann SIMON > > ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Michael S Ryder" <michael_s.ry...@roche.com> > À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Envoyé: Mercredi 1 Juillet 2015 05:13:03 > Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM, Linux and VMs > > Folks: > > Is it possible to perform off-host, file-level incremental backups of Linux > VMs from a Linux "proxy" or "data mover?" > > I am using TSM 7.1.1 Server, and have a mix of Windows and Linux VMs > (VMware, vSphere 5.5 environment). > > I have no trouble using my Windows "data mover" with the BA client to > perform file-level backups of Windows VMs, but I am thus far unable to use > my Linux "data mover" host with BA client to perform file-level backups of > Linux VMs. > > Is this not supported? If not... what is the best way to perform off-host, > file level incremental backups of Linux VMs? > > Best regards, > > Mike, x7942 > RMD IT Client Services >