Before starting a TDP for VE installation, have a look on Cookbooks (very well) https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Data%20Protection%20for%20VMware

You can also find the latest TSM documentation on https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/PDF%20versions%20for%20the%20latest%20release

Troubleshoot http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993762

TDP for Virtual Environment install/uninstall

TDP for Virtual Environment backup policy (retention)

TDP for Virtual Environment manual configuration

TDP for Virtual Environment on Windows

TDP for Virtual Environment on linux v7

TDP for Virtual Environment file level restore / pair nodes

TDP for Virtual Environment Troubleshoot

TDP VMware requisites check

Options for TDP VE (dsm.opt)

User permissions for TDP VE*

TDP VE schedules examples

TDP for Virtual Environment 711

TDP VE scripts

TDP VE with VMware tag

Add a new datamover

VMCTL sizing (indexing VM backup)

Reinstall VMware Plugin

Add a second node for long term retention

Datamover sizing and best practice

Restore a VM on a single ESX

Supported on Spectrum Protect

Spectrum Protect for HyperV

Spectrum Protect use a DataMover node based on third party software.

vProtect introduces support for backup Nutanix Acropolis AHV hypervisors with incremental backups using Nutanix CRT (CBT) feature, selective disk backup and more. vProtect can work in 2 different modes:

• Independent backup server
• proxy server (media agent) for IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM).

Supported Hypervisors:

• ProxyMox VE
• Nutanix
• Citrix XenServer
• VMware
• Microsoft HyperV
• Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
• ….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PnfXG5Fs4

https://www-50.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/popconfirmleavegsd.do?type=native&url=video

https://storware.eu/en/storware-vprotect/