Supported configurations using IVM


Supported configurations using IVM
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Storage Foundation and High Availability supports various combinations of physical machines (VMHost) and virtual machines (VMGuest) running within the physical machines. You can install Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions and Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA (SFCFSHA) either on the VMHost or on the VMGuest or on both. VMGuests, support both single-node and multiple-node high availability configurations.

Table: Supported configurations using IVM shows the support matrix for the various deployment models.

Table: Supported configurations using IVM

	Deployment on the VMGuest
Deployment on the VMHost/ backend device	SF on VMHost	SF on VMGuest	SFHA on VMGuest	SFCFSHA on VMGuest	SF not installed on VMGuest
	SF on VMHost	Supported See Figure: SF on both VMGuest and VMHost.	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported See Figure: SF on VMHost only.
	SFHA on VMHost	Supported See Figure: SF on VMGuest and SFHA on VMHost.	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported See Figure: SFHA on the VMHost only.
	SFCFSHA on VMHost	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
	Whole Disk on VMHost (SF is not used)	Supported See Figure: SF on VMGuest only.	Supported^* See Figure: SFHA on the VMGuest only.	Supported^* See Figure: SFCFSHA on VMGuest only.	Not applicable

Warning:

* Indicates that these configurations are supported with fencing disabled.

The following sections describe the deployment models for SF, SFHA, and SFCFSHA supported configurations using IVM.

SF	See Storage Foundation supported configurations using IVM.
SFHA	See Storage Foundation High Availability supported configurations using IVM.
SFCFSHA	See Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability supported configurations using IVM.