Virtualization use cases addressed by Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions

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

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.

See Physical to virtual migration.

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.

See Simplified management.

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.

See Installing and configuring Symantec Cluster Server for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) virtual-to-virtual clustering.

See Installing and configuring Symantec Cluster Server for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) virtual-to-virtual clustering.

See Installing and configuring Symantec Cluster Server with Microsoft Hyper-V virtual-to-virtual clustering.

See Installing and configuring Symantec Cluster Server for Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) 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.

See About Virtual Business Services.

Note:

Symantec ApplicationHA is supported in the RHEL KVM environment only.