IBM also offers a product in the z/VM space called Backup and Restore Manager.....it seems to work well in zLinux sites.
DJ On 09/18/2012 09:16 AM, David Boyes wrote: > >> We've been using TSM to back up our zLinux guests, but management is >> planning to drop TSM. I'm interested what alternatives we might have. > > For file level backups: > > Commercial: > > FDR/Upstream > Netbackup (somewhat supported; don't expect a lot of Z knowledge) > > Open Source: > > Amanda > Bacula > > FDR is quite sophisticated, especially if you use FDR on z/OS. Bacula is the > better of the two open source alternatives (and works very well for non-Z > systems as well). > > For image backups (even though TSM didn't do this, you'll want periodic image > dumps for DR): > > Commercial: > > DDR (comes free with VM) > ADRDSSU (comes with z/OS) > CA VM:Backup (if you have the VM: Manager suite, this is included, and other > parts of the VM: Manager suite are worth the price) > CA VM HIDRO (very fast) > > Keep in mind: image backups taken with Linux systems running are likely to be > crap. You need a combination of file-level backups AND periodic image backups > with Linuxen shut down and logged off to be certain of a clean image. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
