Documentation updates for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 6.4

Logical error in procedure

Information Center:
Advanced configuration tasks -> Configuring the Data Protection for VMware command-line interface
Install. and User's Guide: > "Configuring the Data Protection for VMware command-line interface"
Page 171

The following Linux statement in Step 4 (the first bullet) is incorrect:

If the daemon is running, proceed to Step 4.

The correct statement is shown below:

If the daemon is running, proceed to Step 5.

Multiple Data Protection for VMware vCenter plug-ins can be registered on a single vCenter Server

Information Center: Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling Data Protection for VMware > Preparing for installation
Install. and User's Guide: Page 59

The following statement belongs at the end of the bulleted list:

You can register multiple Data Protection for VMware vCenter plug-ins to a single vCenter Server.
This scenario reduces the number of data centers (and their VM guest backups) that are managed by a
single Data Protection for VMware vCenter plug-in. Each plug-in can then manage a subset of the total
number of data centers that are defined on the vCenter Server. For each plug-in that is registered to the
vCenter Server, one Data Protection for VMware package must be installed on a separate host.

To update the managed data centers, go to Configuration->Edit Configuration. In the Plug-in Domain
page, reduce the list of data centers managed by the plug-in. Managing a subset of all available data
centers reduces the query and processing time required by the plug-in to complete operations.

Instant restore on Windows requires MBR-based disk source volume

Information Center: Planning for mount, file-level restore, and instant restore of volumes > Planning overview for instant restore operations
Install. and User's Guide: Page 49-50

The following statement is unclear:

Instant restore is available only from Data Protection for VMware snapshots of
disks of the MBR type. The volume format of volumes on those disks must be
NTFS, FAT, or FAT32.

The statement should read as follows:

Instant restore is available only from Data Protection for VMware snapshots on
a source volume that is an MBR-based disk. The volume format of source volumes
on those disks must be NTFS, FAT, or FAT32.

The following statement is unclear:

You can use instant restore to restore a simple volume that is on a dynamic disk.
The destination volume can be a dynamic disk; however, the source volume cannot
be a dynamic disk.

The statement should read as follows:

You can use instant restore to restore into a simple volume that is on a dynamic disk.
However, the source volume must be an MBR-based disk. The source volume cannot
be a dynamic disk.