This is not referring to running the BA Client in guest. This is referring to the legacy commands like: DSMC BACKUP VM DSMC RESTORE VM DSMC QUERY VM
Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 03/14/2017 03:19:48 PM: > From: "Alford, Ben" <balf...@utk.edu> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 03/14/2017 03:20 PM > Subject: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued in > Virtual Environment?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > The IBM site: www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/ > client/r_new_for_version.html<http://www.ibm.com/support/ > knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/client/r_new_for_version.html> says: > Discontinued functions > The following functions are discontinued in this release: > Virtual machine operations on the backup-archive client > Virtual machine operations are available only if you are using the > client as a data mover for the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual > Environments products (Data Protection for VMware or Data Protection > for Microsoft Hyper-V). > You can no longer run virtual machine operations without installing > IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments. > What does "Virtual machine operations" mean? Do TSM's basic > backup/archive functions stop if the 8.1 client is running as a VM > guest and Spectrum Protect for VE is not installed??? > Ben Alford > IT Manager, Office of Information Technology > The University of Tennessee >