About setting up KVM with Veritas Storage Foundations and High Availability Solutions products
Before setting up KVM, verify your planned configuration will meet the system requirements, licensing and other considerations for installation with Veritas Storage Foundations and High Availability (SFHA) Solutions products.
Licensing: customers running Veritas Storage Foundation or Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System in a KVM environment are entitled to use an unlimited number of guests on each licensed server or CPU.
Red Hat system requirements: see Table: Red Hat system requirements
Symantec product requirements: see Table: Symantec product requirements
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Release Notes: each Veritas product contains last minute news and important details for each product, including updates to system requirements and supported software. Review the Release Notes for the latest information before you start installing the product.
The product documentation is available on the Web at the following location:
https://sort.symantec.com/documents
Table: Red Hat system requirements
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Supported architecture
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Minimum system requirements
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6GB free disk space 2GB of RAM |
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Recommended system requirements
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6GB plus the required disk space recommended by the guest operating system per guest. For most
operating systems more than 6GB of disk space is recommended One processor core or hyper-thread for each virtualized CPU and one for the host 2GB of RAM plus additional RAM for virtualized guests |
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Red Hat documentation for more information
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http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/server/library/ |
Table: Symantec product requirements
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Hardware
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The hardware compatibility list contains information about supported hardware and is updated regularly. Before installing or upgrading Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions products, review the current compatibility list to confirm the compatibility of your hardware and software.
For the latest information on supported hardware, visit the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH170013
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Software
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Veritas Dynamic Multi-pathing 6.0
Used for storage visibility on KVM hosts and guest virtual machines
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Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0
Used for storage management on KVM hosts and guest virtual machines
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Veritas Storage Foundation HA 6.0
Used for storage management and clustering on KVM hosts and guest virtual machines
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Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability 6.0
Used for storage meangement and clustering multiple KVM hosts to enable live migration of guest virtual machines
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Veritas Cluster Server 6.0
Used for virtual machine monitoring and failover
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Symantec ApplicationHA 6.0
Used for application monitoring and availability
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Storage
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Networking
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Configure the guest for communication over the public
network Setup virtual interfaces for private communication. For detailed configuration:
See
put VCS topic link here |
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Documentation: see the product release notes to for the most current system requirements, limitations, and known issues:
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Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing Release Notes Veritas Storage Foundation Release Notes Veritas Storage Foundation HA Release Notes Veritas Storage Foundation for Cluster Server HA Release Notes Veritas Cluster Server HA Release Notes Symantec ApplicationHA Release Notes -
Symantec Operations Readiness Tools:
https://sort.symantec.com/documents
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Storage Foundation DocCentral Site:
http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/
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Table: VCS system requirements for KVM-supported configurations
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VCS version
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6.0 |
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Supported OS version in host
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RHEL 6, Update 1, 2 |
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Supported OS in VM guest
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RHEL 5 Update 4, Update5, Update 6, Update 7
RHEL 6, Update 1, 2
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Hardware requirement
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Full virtualization-enabled CPU |
See Additional documentation.
