Julien, thank you for your reply. Tell me, using your process with the TDP for VE and a block-level IFI backup of a Linux VM, is there a way to search TSM's DB for a file without mounting anything?
You see, if a user deletes a file but doesn't remember the last time he or she saw it, I would like to be able to search the TSM DB for it, and then know exactly what needs to be restored. If I am correct, using the TDP for VE means I have to mount every IFI image for that VM that I have stored, until I find the one with the correct version of file that I need. In this case, it doesn't look like the TDP for VE is very friendly, as it causes the user or Helpdesk more work to find their file. WITHOUT TDP for VE, I can do this for Windows VMs, *and* be able to use an off-host backup server with just the normal TSM BA client. But not for Linux VMs -- so now, have the same ability across all my VMs, I need to maintain two different types of functionality, through different client packages and in a different manner. (Off-host for WIndows VMs, but in-guest for Linux VMs). Again... if I'm right, then this is not efficient, and is a pain-in-the neck. According to VMware, the VADP supports what I want to do, and sadly, the Linux BA client does not. Will IBM ever fix the Linux BA client so it supports the ability to do off-host file-level backup of Linux VMs? Best regards, Mike, x7942 RMD IT Client Services <http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Julien Sauvanet <sauva...@fr.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > let me mitigate this statement. > Although the backup process is at block level , through the VADP ,you are > able to recover single from that block based backup, by using recovery > agent or even better using the mount feature now released in the TSM-VE UI > (vCenter plug-in) ... for both Windows and Linux, this with latest TSM-VE > release 7.1.1 > > Hope it helps. > > > Cordialement, Best Regards, > > *Julien Sauvanet* > SME BUR & STORAGE > IBM Expert Certified IT Specialist > IBM Certified Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3 > ITIL V3 Certified > Strategic Outsourcing Delivery (IBM GTS SO) > ------------------------------ > *Phone:* 33-4-9211-5330 | *Mobile:* 33-676 754 395 > * E-mail:* *sauva...@fr.ibm.com* <sauva...@fr.ibm.com> > * Find me on:* > > > Le Plan Du Bois > La Gaude, 06610 > France > > > > Compagnie IBM France > Siège Social : 17 avenue de l'Europe, 92275 Bois-Colombes Cedex > RCS Nanterre 552 118 465 > Forme Sociale : S.A.S. > Capital Social : 622.448.310 € > SIREN/SIRET : 552 118 465 03644 > > > From: "Ryder, Michael S" <michael_s.ry...@roche.com> To: > ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 07/01/2015 02:41 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM, > Linux and VMs Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > ------------------------------ > > > > Hello Erwann, thank you for replying. > > I am not using VCB -- but instead, VADP. It's ridiculous that IBM can't > offer the same off-host file-level backup of for Linux VMs that they do for > Windows VMs - now I have to deploy and manage an in-guest BA client for > every VM? > > According to this link, it looks like file-level backup should be > available, off-host using VADP for BOTH Windows and Linux. > > > http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021175 > > Am I missing something? Does anyone know if IBM is working on this > feature? I don't relish the idea of searching for Linux files by > repeatedly mounting images until I find the file I need... > > Best regards, > > Mike, x7942 > RMD IT Client Services > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Erwann SIMON <erwann.si...@free.fr> wrote: > > > Hello Mike, > > > > I guess you're using the old VCB backup modes (with filelevel option). > > > > VCB allows image level (fullvm) for any guest operating system, but > > file-level is limited to Windows guest operating system. > > > > See this datasheet from VMware : > > http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/consolidated_backup_datasheet.pdf > > > > So, you won't be able to perform off-host file-level backup of your Linux > > guests. > > > > The only available solutions are : > > - installing a Linux B/A client, but i'ts an in guest istallation. > > - installing TSM for VE that allows file-level recovery from an forever > > incremental block-level image backup. > > > > -- > > Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي > > Erwann SIMON > > > > ----- Mail original ----- > > De: "Michael S Ryder" <michael_s.ry...@roche.com> > > A: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Envoyé: Mercredi 1 Juillet 2015 05:13:03 > > Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM, Linux and VMs > > > > Folks: > > > > Is it possible to perform off-host, file-level incremental backups of > Linux > > VMs from a Linux "proxy" or "data mover?" > > > > I am using TSM 7.1.1 Server, and have a mix of Windows and Linux VMs > > (VMware, vSphere 5.5 environment). > > > > I have no trouble using my Windows "data mover" with the BA client to > > perform file-level backups of Windows VMs, but I am thus far unable to > use > > my Linux "data mover" host with BA client to perform file-level backups > of > > Linux VMs. > > > > Is this not supported? If not... what is the best way to perform > off-host, > > file level incremental backups of Linux VMs? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Mike, x7942 > > RMD IT Client Services > > > > > > > Sauf indication contraire ci-dessus:/ Unless stated otherwise above: > Compagnie IBM France > Siège Social : 17 avenue de l'Europe, 92275 Bois-Colombes Cedex > RCS Nanterre 552 118 465 > Forme Sociale : S.A.S. > Capital Social : 657.364.587 € > SIREN/SIRET : 552 118 465 03644 - Code NAF 6202A
