Answers in-line Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew
Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/09/2012 03:35 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Some questions that we could not easily glean answer from the docs: - I think the current vocabulary is in question. it seems to be called a "backup server" but that confuses it with the TSM server, I think. It used to be called a backup proxy, so I may use that word instead. It is basically a media server. 1. What are the specs/requirements for the "vStorage/Backup Server" that we will have to build? - This is in there under chapter 2. Basically a physical win2008/2003 server. or a linux server, although I believe linux support (for a backup proxy) is brand new in 6.3. I wouldn't mess with it. Other than that, you will need: - at least one HBA for the incoming SAN data if you will be using the SAN for incoming data - at least one HBA for the outgoing SAN data (if you will be using lan-free) - Network connection to the vcenter servers for control. - We are not using lan-free on the "outgoing" side so we have an additional ethernet connection here. You may be able to replace the "incoming" with ethernet as well, but not sure. 2. What network requirements are there? Our TSM backup servers are on a completely different subnet then the VMWare servers. Network rules will have to be modified. - SAN - backup proxy needs to be zoned to all the same luns as the ESX servers and your Lan-free tape drives/VTL if applicable - LAN - If you are doing all the data transfer over the san, you will still need network connections for control and the vCenter plugin 3. What, if anything, needs to be installed on the Host or Guest systems? - Nothing on the Guest. The Host (im assuming you mean the backup proxy), TSM client, TSM for VE (which includes the recovery agent and vcenter plugin) 4. What do I need to do TSM server-wise? - Nothing special. TSM6+ is needed for the Vcenter plugin to work properly and the subcommand scheduling. You will have to register the assign proxynode access as described in the manual 5. Do I need to put up a new TSM server or can I use one already in production? I have never done LAN-FREE and not sure where to start? My TSM servers use fibre-channel for tape drives (shared among 7-servers). Many moons ago I remember a sub-product called SANERGY but it wanted exclusive control of tape drives via a mini-psuedo TSM server. We can't afford to dedicate tape drives exclusively to such a process. - Lan-free is a separate topic. But if you only have tape drives and no VTL, you need to decide if you want to tie up the tape drives to these backup processes. I decided not to, and am not using Lan-free. (for the outgoing data) (We are backing up to a data domain over NFS) But you will then need to have the proper LAN resources. Thanks for the tip on "diskpart" but I am not at a point that I understand how to apply it. I am not that familiar with VMWare and the VMWare guys are not that familiar with TSM (other than installing on Windows guests). - DISKpart is run on the windows OS command line of the backup proxy. nothing to do with VMware. Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew <shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/09/2012 03:14 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> I actually found the manual to be very helpful and direct. I prefer the PDF form. I'm not a fan of the newer infocenter format. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.nav.doc%2Fr_pdf_ve.html I set it up step-by-step as the manual describes and it is working well. You just need to play around with it to make sure you understand the concepts. (I.E. Data Center nodes, the way you restore using the recovery agent by using a virtual mount, etc) Just make sure you do the "diskpart" thing on your backup proxy. Things should be pretty safe after you've done that. (search the PDF for diskpart) Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/09/2012 12:18 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Ken, My VMWare guy has the most questions. Can I forward your direct email address to him? I too will have questions from the TSM/server side since I have never setup anything like this. Seems like LAN-FREE is the way to configure but I have never done anything like that, either. Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Kenneth Bury <kenbu...@gmail.com> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/09/2012 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> I have install the TSM for VE v6.3 and I am interested what you would expect to see in the 'cookbook'. What I hear discussed the most is the architectural choices that you can make using TSM for VE, like whether to use client-side de-dupe, LAN-free, virtual or physical data movers, etc. Once you figure out what you want to make, the recipe is straight forward. Sort of like cooking eggs, lots of different methods but it's still the same egg and close to the same taste. 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