Tivoli® Storage
Manager for Virtual Environments V7.1 is available. Requirements,
compatibility, limitations, and other getting-started issues are addressed.
Description
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
V7.1 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 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 V7.1 resolved, see the list of fixes at Update History.
Announcement
Information that
is related to the Tivoli Storage
Manager for Virtual Environments V7.1 release is available in the
Software Announcement Letter for this offering, dated 8 October 2013.
To
search for the product announcement, complete the following steps:
- Go to the product announcement website at http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi.
- In the Search for field, enter the product
identifier (PID) for your product. The PID for Tivoli Storage Manager is 5608-E01.
- In the Information Type field, select Announcement
letters, and click Search.
- From the Search in list, select Product
Number.
- Optional: In the Refine Your Search pane on the left side of the
window, select the country where you reside.
- In the Sort by section, select Newest
first.
Installing Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
V7.1
For information about where to download Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
V7.1, see the Download Information document at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24035391. In the Download Information document, search
for installation instructions.
Updates, limitations, and known problems
Updates,
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 Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual
Environments V7.1 known issues and limitations, see the following
links: