We do it all the time. We have 3 servers running linux redhat with about 20 vm hosted on those machines.. We use a machine as a proxy. Virtual Consolidated Backup. Each VM drops it's snapshot on the D drive on this machine and they are saved with the proxy. We control which machines will snapshot by using the pre/post schedule options with the TSM client. Last Feb we had a DR test in Boulder, CO at the IBM center there which was the first time using VMs to recover our systems and everything worked just fine.
Buddy Howeth Computer Operations Specialist Information Systems Pacific Coast Producers Corporate Offices 631 N. Cluff Ave Lodi, CA 95240-0756 (209) 367-8800 - Main# (209) 367-6288 - Computer Room (209) 366-6240 - Alpha Pager "Loon, EJ van - SPLXM" <eric-van.l...@klm.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 06/17/2009 06:03 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] Backing up running VM's Hi TSM-ers! Our windows department is looking at different backup products for backing up their server. They have two major problems with TSM. One I cannot solve: the TSM client license is processor based, so quite expensive for the majority of small servers. I think we all agree that the TSM client license should be capacity based, but IBM aint listening here... The other problem is that they state TSM cannot backup running VM's. They now use a product called DPM to make snapshot copies of running VM's. I'm not really familiar with Window server management, especially when it comes to virtualization, but I know one thing: TSM is one of the leading, cutting edge backup products, so I doubt TSM is not supporting this feature. Does anybody know whether it is possible to make snapshot backups with TSM of running VM's? Thank you very much in advance for any reply!!! Kind regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________________