Hello Eric, We are using CBMR (without TSM initially) and TBMR now for many years without any problems. We have restored a few production servers after real crash including dissimilar configuration. After moving to VMware there is no problem at all. We have just uploaded TBMR ISO images to all VMware hosts to speed up recovery (without CD-ROM drive). Support from UK is very good. Licenses and support are not free, but they have some specially license policy for VMware to reduce cost in comparison with standalone licenses. In addition, they have presented Recovery Simulator recently. It allows to simulate recovery in VMware environment (backup testing without touching real VMs) for most valuable VMs or keep it scheduled at all. I have no experience with FastBack and couldn't compare products. Kindest regards,
Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank Kuwait, www.ahliunited.com.kw -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Loon, EJ van (ITOPT3) - KLM Sent: 18 11 2014 11:30 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Cristie BMR vs Tivoli Fastback for BMR Fellow TSM-ers, We are looking for a bare machine recovery, primarily for Windows and Linux servers. There seem to be two main products on the market when using TSM: Tivoli's own Fastback for Bare Machine Recovery and the third party product Cristie Bare Machine Recovery which seems to be tightly integrated into TSM. As far as I can judge from reading documentation, some YouTube video's and a live demo of the Cristie product the latter seems a lot easier to use and implement, but I haven't had any hands-on experience of course. Has anyone compared the two products, maybe in a live situation? What are their pros and cons? Thank you very much for you reply in advance! Kind regards, Eric van Loon AF/KLM Storage Engineering ******************************************************** 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 ******************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this Email. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY AND WAIVER: The information contained in this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto may be legally privileged and confidential. The information is intended only for the recipient(s) named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this in error please contact the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your computer system. We do not guarantee that this message or any attachment to it is secure or free from errors, computer viruses or other conditions that may damage or interfere with data, hardware or software.