Author: Jackie Chen

TSM 6.4: Backup VMware VM Template


In TSM 6.4, there is a new parameter in the VMware backup options : -vmenabletemplatebackups If you want to backup the VMware VM template, you need to add '-vmenabletemplatebackups=yes' in your VMware backup job schedule options. Here is a example: update sched vmware Weekly_full OPTions='-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -asnodename=DATACENTER-01 -vmprocessvmwithindependent=yes -vmprocessvmwithprdm=yes -vmenabletemplatebackups=yes -domain.vmfull="vmfolder=Weekly-Backup" -MODE=FULL'

TSM Script


Script is a good tool for managing TSM, especially for automating tasks. A simple example is to create a schedule to run the script which backs up the TSM database. In this post, I am going to show you how to create, check and delete a script. Run the following command in TSM console is … Continue reading TSM Script →

Extend ISA/TMG Ports to allow SSH


By default ISA/TMG does not allow outbound SSH traffic. And in the log it shows something like this: To make it work, you have to extend the ISA/TMG ports by adding SSH/22 by using isa_tpr.js. Here is my example:c:\Utils>cscript isa_tpr.js /add SSH 22Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.The Web … Continue reading Extend ISA/TMG Ports to allow SSH →