About VCS Simulator

VCS Simulator enables you to simulate and test cluster configurations. Use VCS Simulator to view and modify service group and resource configurations and test failover behavior. VCS Simulator can be run on a stand-alone system and does not require any additional hardware.

VCS Simulator runs an identical version of the VCS High Availability Daemon (HAD) as in a cluster, ensuring that failover decisions are identical to those in an actual cluster.

You can test configurations from different operating systems using VCS Simulator. The VCS simulator can run only on Windows systems. However, it can simulate non-Windows operating systems on a Windows system. For example, you can run VCS Simulator on a Windows system and test VCS configurations for Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX clusters. VCS Simulator also enables creating and testing global clusters.

You can administer VCS Simulator from the Java Console or from the command line.

To download VCS Simulator, go to http://www.symantec.com/operations-manager/support.