Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) Solutions products support the following virtualization environment use cases:
Table: Virtualization use cases addressed by SFHA Solutions in a Linux environment
Virtualization use case |
Recommended SFHA Solution |
Virtualization technology supported |
Implementation details |
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Server consolidation |
SFHA or SFCFSHA in the guest |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) KVM SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) KVM |
How to run virtual machines as physical servers. See Server consolidation. |
Physical to virtual migration |
SF in the host SFHA or SFCFSHA |
RHEL KVM SLES KVM |
How to migrate data from physical to virtual environments safely and easily. |
Simplified management |
SFHA or SFCFSHA in the host |
RHEL KVM SLES KVM |
How to manage virtual machines using the same command set, storage namespace, and environment as in a non-virtual environment. |
Application monitoring |
ApplicationHA in the guest |
RHEL kVM Linux on VMware ESXi |
How to manage application monitoring on virtual machines. See About application monitoring using Symantec ApplicationHA. See ApplicationHA documentation. |
Application failover |
VCS or SFHA in the guest |
RHEL KVM Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) SLES KVM Linux on VMware ESXi |
How to manage application monitoring on virtual machines. See ApplicationHA documentation. How to manage application failover on virtual machines. See Symantec Cluster Server In a KVM Environment Architecture Summary. |
Virtual-to-virtual (in-guest) clustering |
VCS in the guest |
RHEL KVM RHEV SLES KVM Microsoft Hyper-V Linux on VMware ESXi Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) |
How to configure VCS for virtual-to-virtual clustering. |
Virtual machine availability |
VCS in the host |
RHEL KVM RHEV SLES KVM |
How to manage virtual machine failover. See VCS in host monitoring the Virtual Machine as a resource. |
Virtual machine Live Migration |
SFCFSHA in the host |
RHEL KVM SLES KVM |
How to use features such as instant snapshots to contain boot images and manage them from a central location in the host. See About live migration. |
Virtual machine Live Migration |
VCS in the host |
RHEV |
How to use features such as instant snapshots to contain boot images and manage them from a central location in the host. See About live migration. |
Disaster recovery (DR) in the virtual environment |
VCS in the host |
RHEV |
How to configure virtual machines for disaster recovery. See About disaster recovery for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization virtual machines. |
Application to storage visibility |
Configuration for Veritas Operations Manager (VOM) use case |
RHEL KVM SLES KVM Linux on VMware ESXi Microsoft Hyper-V |
How to configure for storage to application visibility. See About storage to application visibility using Veritas Operations Manager. |
Multi-tier Business service support |
VOM, Virtual Business Service (VBS) |
RHEL KVM SLES KVM |
How to discover and configure devices for multi-tier application. |