This IBM® Redpaper™ publication helps you to install, tailor, configure, and use IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager for Virtual Environments - Data Protection for VMware. The features of Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments - Data Protection for VMware are described. Scenarios are provided for implementation of Tivoli Storage Manager Virtual Environment to protect virtual machines in several environments. This publication includes answers to common implementation errors and questions you might have that are related to the implementation of Data Protection for VMware.

Chapter 1. Architect corner

Chapter 2. Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware Product Introduction

Chapter 3. Planning the installation of Data Protection for VMware

Chapter 4. Installation and configuration

Chapter 5. Virtual machine backup

Chapter 6. Backup scheduling

Chapter 7. Virtual machine recovery scenarios: Full or Item

Chapter 8. Reporting that uses vCenter plug-in or SQL queries

Chapter 9. Problem determination and FAQs

Appendix A. VMware for the storage administrators