Supported configurations for Virtual I/O servers (VIOS) on AIX
Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions (SFHA Solutions) products support various configurations in the VIOS-based virtual environment. Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability Solutions 6.0.1 is certified on AIX.
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions provide the following functionality for VIO:
Storage visibility
Storage management
Replication support
High availability
Disaster recovery
The configurations profiled in the table below are the minimum required to achieve the storage and availability objectives listed. You can mix and match the use of SFHA Solutions products as needed to achieve the desired level of storage visibility, management, replication support, availability, and cluster failover for the Virtual I/O server (VIOS) and logical partitions (LPARS).
Table: Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions features in a VIO environment
Objective
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Recommended SFHA Solutions product configuration |
Storage visibility for LPARs
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Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the LPAR |
Storage visibility for the VIOS
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DMP in the VIOS |
Storage management features and replication support for LPARs
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Storage Foundation (SF) in the LPARs |
Advanced storage management features and replication support for VIOS
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Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) in the LPARs |
End-to-end storage visibility in the VIOS and LPARs
|
DMP in the VIOS and LPARs |
Storage management features and replication support in the LPARs and storage visibility in in the VIOS
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DMP in the VIOS and SF in the LPARs |
Application monitoring and availability for LPARs
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Symantec ApplicationHA in the LPARs |
Virtual machine monitoring and failover for managed LPARs
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Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) in the management LPARs |
Application failover for LPARs
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VCS in the LPARs |
Application availability and LPAR availability
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Symantec Application HA in the LPARs and VCS in the management LPAR |
Application failover across LPARs and physical hosts
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VCS in a cluster across LPARs and AIX physical host machines |
Each configuration has specific advantages and limitations.