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Virtual Machine running Veritas Cluster Server on VMware ESXi5

fcsanders
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Is it possible to run Veritas Cluster Server on a Linux Virtual Machine that is running on VMware ESXi 5?  If so, what are the requirements?  I know that Microsoft Clusters require RDM Disks in VMware, but I have been unable to find out if the same is required for a Veritas Cluster running under Linux on VMware ESXi 5.

 

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Fred

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Gaurav_S
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Yes, its possible .... have yu got a chance to run through documents ?

https://sort.symantec.com/documents/doc_details/vcs/5.1/VMware%20ESX/ProductGuides/

 

https://sort.symantec.com/public/documents/vcs/5.1/vmwareesx/productguides/pdf/vcs_notes.pdf

 

System requirements
System requirements for VCS are as follows.
Requirements for VCS cluster nodes
VMware ESX
VCS supports ESX Server 3.0 and 3.0.1 plus all required VMware ESX patches.
■ VMware Infrastructure Enterprise. This edition is required for full VCS
functionality and integration.
■ VMware Infrastructure Standard. This edition has certain limitations.
■ Veritas Virtualization Manager (VVM) is not supported.
■ Service group migration via VMotion is not supported.
VCS supports datastores on VMFS 3 (SAN-attached or NFS.) VCS does not
support the iSCSI protocol

 

Supported operating systems in the virtual machines
Table 1-1 lists the architectures and operating systems that VCS for VMware
ESX 5.1 supports for guest operating systems.
† Supports the mount .iso feature.
Symantec products will operate on subsequent kernel and patch releases
provided the operating systems maintain kernel ABI (application binary
interface) compatibility.
Note: The EMC CLARiiON series and Symmentrix series storage arrays do not
support virtual machines running Solaris 10 U1 guest operating systems. See
the VMware documentation for more information.
Table 1-1 Supported operating systems and architectures
Guest operating
systems
Kernels Architectures File systems/
Volume managers
† Windows 2000 Server
or Advanced Server with
Service Pack 4
--- x86 (32-bit) NTFS
† Windows Server 2003:
Standard Edition or
Enterprise Edition (SP1
required)
--- x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
NTFS
†Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4
(RHEL 4) Update 3
2.6.9-34.EL
2.6.9-34.smp
2.6.9-34.hugemem
x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
ext2, ext3, reiserfs/
LVM
†SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9
(SLES 9) with SP3
2.6.5-7.244
2.6.5-7.244-smp
2.6.5-7.244-bigsmp
x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
ext2, ext3, reiserfs/
LVM
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 (SLES 10) with
SP1
2.6.16-37-0.18-smp
2.6.16-37-0.18-bigsmp
x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
ext2, ext3, reiserfs/
LVM
Solaris 10 --- x86

 

Gaurav

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Gaurav_S
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Yes, its possible .... have yu got a chance to run through documents ?

https://sort.symantec.com/documents/doc_details/vcs/5.1/VMware%20ESX/ProductGuides/

 

https://sort.symantec.com/public/documents/vcs/5.1/vmwareesx/productguides/pdf/vcs_notes.pdf

 

System requirements
System requirements for VCS are as follows.
Requirements for VCS cluster nodes
VMware ESX
VCS supports ESX Server 3.0 and 3.0.1 plus all required VMware ESX patches.
■ VMware Infrastructure Enterprise. This edition is required for full VCS
functionality and integration.
■ VMware Infrastructure Standard. This edition has certain limitations.
■ Veritas Virtualization Manager (VVM) is not supported.
■ Service group migration via VMotion is not supported.
VCS supports datastores on VMFS 3 (SAN-attached or NFS.) VCS does not
support the iSCSI protocol

 

Supported operating systems in the virtual machines
Table 1-1 lists the architectures and operating systems that VCS for VMware
ESX 5.1 supports for guest operating systems.
† Supports the mount .iso feature.
Symantec products will operate on subsequent kernel and patch releases
provided the operating systems maintain kernel ABI (application binary
interface) compatibility.
Note: The EMC CLARiiON series and Symmentrix series storage arrays do not
support virtual machines running Solaris 10 U1 guest operating systems. See
the VMware documentation for more information.
Table 1-1 Supported operating systems and architectures
Guest operating
systems
Kernels Architectures File systems/
Volume managers
† Windows 2000 Server
or Advanced Server with
Service Pack 4
--- x86 (32-bit) NTFS
† Windows Server 2003:
Standard Edition or
Enterprise Edition (SP1
required)
--- x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
NTFS
†Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4
(RHEL 4) Update 3
2.6.9-34.EL
2.6.9-34.smp
2.6.9-34.hugemem
x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
ext2, ext3, reiserfs/
LVM
†SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9
(SLES 9) with SP3
2.6.5-7.244
2.6.5-7.244-smp
2.6.5-7.244-bigsmp
x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
ext2, ext3, reiserfs/
LVM
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 (SLES 10) with
SP1
2.6.16-37-0.18-smp
2.6.16-37-0.18-bigsmp
x86 (32-bit)
x86 (64-bit)
ext2, ext3, reiserfs/
LVM
Solaris 10 --- x86

 

Gaurav