Yes it is, but if you quiesce or stop the VM using that VMFS, you can back it up as a normal file from the ESX server using the 5.2.4 Linux TSM client. There are several papers on the TSM site about backing up Vmware ESX server and links from that over to Vmware's site.
We do this weekly for our ESX servers...quiesce the VM's one at a time and backup the VMDK files. We have successfully recovered these VM's at our disaster recovery site. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wojtek Piecek Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:12 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VMFS3 filespace...... Hi, VMFS and especially VMFS3 is special file system with implemented only some functions of classic FS, so probably backup using tivoli will never work, or never work correctly. Try vmware tools (integrated backup or something like) for tivoli, maybe this help. On 8/1/06, Nielsen, Bo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there someone who is using TSM to backup VMFS3 filespace on a ESX > server 3.0??? > Which TSM Client is using, and how is *.VMDK file backed up??? > > aOaRegards > Bo Nielsen > * +45 4386 4671 > Coop Norden IT * (Internt postcenter): 6244 > Data & Storage Center * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember, a > dead fish can float downstream, But it takes a live one to svim > upstream. - W.C. Fields. > -- --w
