Release notes for Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware Version 7.1.1

Tivoli® Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware V7.1.1 is available. Requirements, compatibility, limitations, and other getting-started issues are addressed.

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Description

Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware V7.1.1 helps you to protect your virtual machine (VM) data by offloading backup workloads from a VMware ESX or ESXi-based host to a centralized server. Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware works with the IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client (installed on the centralized server) to complete full and incremental backups of VMs. These backups are available for full VM, file level, and instant restore operations. Instant restore is available at the disk volume level and full VM level. In addition, protection of vApps and Organization vDCs in a vCloud Director environment is available. Multiple interface components are included to help you protect your VMs.

For a list of the APARs that Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware V7.1.1 resolved, see the list of fixes at Update History.

Announcement

The Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware V7.1.1 announcement is available at IBM Offering Information.

See the announcement for the following information:
  • Detailed product description, including descriptions of new functions
  • Product-positioning statement
  • Packaging and ordering details
  • International compatibility information
To search for the product announcement, complete the following steps:
  1. Go to the product announcement website at IBM Offering Information.
  2. In the Search for field, enter the product identifier (PID) for your product. The PID for Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments is 5725-A44.
  3. In the Information Type field, select Announcement letters, and click Search.
  4. From the Search in list, select Product Number.
  5. Optional: In the Refine Your Search pane on the left side of the window, select the country where you reside.
  6. In the Sort by section, select Newest first.

System requirements

For system requirement information, see the Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for VMware Version 7.1.1 at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679293.

Compatibility with earlier versions

For compatibility with earlier versions, see Compatibility information: V7.1 Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21648031.

Installing Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware V7.1.1

For information about where to download Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments V7.1.1, see the Download Information document at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037687.

Step-by-step installation instructions are available in IBM Knowledge Center at Installing Data Protection for VMware .

Limitations and known problems

Limitations, and known problems are documented in the form of technotes in the Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Support Portal. As problems are discovered and resolved, IBM Software Support updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

For information about limitations and known problems, see the following links: