Re: Questions related to Container pools

Hi Rick, We don't have a time line defined for this yet. We have stabilized it for now. We encourage customers to look at the more modern and efficient ways to solve the use cases that virtual volumes were originally created for. Del

Re: Questions related to Container pools

Del, Can you give us an rough idea of when or, more specifically, which release of Spectrum Protect will no longer have virtual volume support? Thanks, Rick Saylor Austin Community College On 5/5/2017 5:41 AM, Del Hoobler wrote: Hi Joerg, The original purpose of virtual volumes was to

Re: freezing a final backup of a vm

Hi, what about if you export vm as .ova and archive it? On Friday, May 5, 2017, PAC Brion Arnaud wrote: > Hi, > > Not sure either if this apar has been solved, but the web page give a > solution to the problem : "Rename the filespace back to its original name > to

Re: freezing a final backup of a vm

Hi, Not sure either if this apar has been solved, but the web page give a solution to the problem : "Rename the filespace back to its original name to regain access to this data from the client.". Thus in the case of a restore request, you would just have to rename the current filespace name

R: freezing a final backup of a vm

Hello, Maybe is not still the case but renaming vm filespace is not fully supported: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC92869 Open a support ticked to be sure. Regards MB -Messaggio originale- Da: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] Per conto di

Re: freezing a final backup of a vm

Hi Gary, In this case you might make use of "rename filespace" command : just rename the filespace corresponding to your VM, and start a fresh backup. Doing so will allow to keep your old VM backup data freezed. Cheers. Arnaud -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: freezing a final backup of a vm

To Mark: Thanks for the link. However, I must not have made myself clear. We need something more akin to the backupset. Freeze a backup while allowing further backups to take place afterward. Are these allowed on an individual vm? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: freezing a final backup of a vm

Hello Gary, take a look @ http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21659826. If you have tdp for ve 7.1 or upper, the vm last backup will stay until "expire vm" command will be executed. Regards. On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Lee, Gary wrote: > I have a request to

Questions related to Protect directory container pools to TAPE

Hello, With IBM Spectrum Protect Version 7.1.7 and later, you can protect directory-container storage pools by copying the data to container-copy storage pools, where the data is stored on tape volumes. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/

Re: Questions related to Container pools

Hi Joerg, The original purpose of virtual volumes was to simplify library use and sharing in an age where that was difficult. There are significantly better ways to solve the problems virtual volumes addressed with capabilities such as fiber channel, shared libraries (library virtualization),

Re: Questions related to Container pools

Hi Del, Thanks a lot for clear and appreciated feedback ! Cheers. Arnaud -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Del Hoobler Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 7:26 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Questions related to Container