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:

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

Recommended SFHA Solutions product configuration

Storage visibility for LPARs

Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the LPAR

Storage visibility for the VIOS

DMP in the VIOS

Storage management features and replication support for LPARs

Storage Foundation (SF) in the LPARs

Advanced storage management features and replication support for VIOS

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

DMP in the VIOS and SF in the LPARs

Application monitoring and availability for LPARs

Symantec ApplicationHA in the LPARs

Virtual machine monitoring and failover for managed LPARs

Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) in the management LPARs

Application failover for LPARs

VCS in the LPARs

Application availability and LPAR availability

Symantec Application HA in the LPARs and VCS in the management LPAR

Application failover across LPARs and physical hosts

VCS in a cluster across LPARs and AIX physical host machines

Each configuration has specific advantages and limitations.