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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
Created by Guest
Created on May 28, 2014

RELATED IDEAS

Additional parameter for TSM BA client to specifically identify a given VM for backup.

The TSM BA client assumes that all VMs in a vSphere estate have unique names, and uses the VM's name as the only means of selecting an individual VM for backup. However, vSphere allows for multiple VMs to exist with the same name. This is particularly relevant in DR, test, development or multi-tenant environments. Would it please be possible to add an additional parameter, allowing the user to target a VM, based on its moRef or instanceUUID (VMware's own unique handles), or at least a datacentre and/or esx host name (although, technically, the moRef/instanceUUID is the only way of guaranteeing uniqueness).

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 24, 2014

    Thank you for submitting this request. We are having discussions with our internal product teams and will provide an update after such discussions have completed.

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