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Read Chap. 24, which covers the features up through the 5.5 client. The 6.1 client adds direct support for fullvm backups. W On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Minns, Farren - Chichester < fmi...@wiley.com> wrote: > Hi all > > I have been asked to look into the backing up of virtual machines with a > view to lowering the number of TSM client licenses we require. > > Can someone point me in the right direction of documentation regarding > working with TSM and virtual machines as I'm not even sure what's possible. > > From what I gather, there is a plugin that allows the direct backing up of > the ESX side of things? > > Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can provide. > > Regards > > Farren > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of > Andrew Raibeck > Sent: 08 September 2009 16:15 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Mac Client Still being severed. Why? > > One thing to do: start a backup, then use the Admin client to monitor the > client activity (use the QUERY SESSION command). Watch the run state, bytes > sent, and bytes received... how many sessions do you see, and what is the > activity pattern? > > What do you see on the client side? Are there errors in the schedule or > error logs? > > Also, what is the history of this problem on that client? Did it ever work > correctly? If so, when did it stop working, and what changes were made > around that timeframe? > > Regards, > > Andy > > Andy Raibeck > IBM Software Group > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development > Level 3 Team Lead > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/i...@ibmus > Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: > > http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html > > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > The command line is your friend. > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 09/08/2009 > 11:01:19 AM: > > > [image removed] > > > > Re: Mac Client Still being severed. Why? > > > > Minns, Farren - Chichester > > > > to: > > > > ADSM-L > > > > 09/08/2009 11:02 AM > > > > Sent by: > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Hi > > > > I have been logging onto the server as root and running an incremental > backup. > > > > It seems to run ok, checking files, backing them up if necessary > > then suddenly just says > > > > " ANR0480W Session 21409 for node CHXSERVE03 > > > (Mac) terminated - connection with client severed" > > > > Regards > > > > Farren > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On > > Behalf Of Remco Post > > Sent: 08 September 2009 15:52 > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Mac Client Still being severed. Why? > > > > On 8 sep 2009, at 16:37, Minns, Farren - Chichester wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > Running TSM Server 5.5.2.0 on Solaris and having a problem with just > > > one of our Mac Clients. > > > > > > The Mac Client is running TSM Client 5.4.3.0 (the OS is version > > > 10.4.11). > > > > > > My problem is that both scheduled and manual backups fail after > > > approx an hour (running a few more tests to see if it's exactly an > > > hour) with the message ANR0480W Session 21409 for node CHXSERVE03 > > > (Mac) terminated - connection with client severed. > > > > > > I had read a few things saying that perhaps I was running two > > > schedulers which I'm sure I'm not (at least, I don't think so), and > > > even if I would still be able to run a manual backup during the day > > > when schedules do not run. > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > > do you have logfiles? when you run "dsmc i" on the mac in a terminal, > > what happens? This being a Mac, it probably has about 250.000 to more > > than 1 000 000 files just in /.... > > > > > Many thanks as always. > > > > > > Farren Minns > > > John Wiley & Sons > > > > -- > > > > Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards, > > > > Remco Post > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > This email (and any attachment) is confidential, may be legally > > privileged and is intended solely for the > > use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are > > not the intended recipient please do > > not disclose, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have > > received this message in error please > > tell us by reply and delete all copies on your system. > > > > Although this email has been scanned for viruses you should rely on > > your own virus check as the sender > > accepts no liability for any damage arising out of any bug or virus > > infection. 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