Cluster a Physical server and Virtual server for EV

[Liam_Finn1]

Has anyone tried Physical to Virtual Clustering for EV?


I'm looking into doing a Microsoft cluster between a Physical EV server and a Virtual EV server. The idea is for fail over. The Physical will house EV but by clustering it to a VM if the Physical failed then the Virtual would take over (accepting any performance hits)

I was wondering if anyone has looked into this or even played with this kind of config in a LAB and if yes what was the outcome.

[Damon_Kaswell]

Assuming you're using bridged networking with your virtualization software, Enterprise Vault won't care whether it's in a real or virtual environment. I've seen many implementations where several of the nodes are physical and several are virtual, which is especially common for environments that are transitioning to full virtualization but haven't completed the process yet.

If the virtual machine is sized properly, you shouldn't even see much in the way of performance hits.

Best of luck with your implementation. It should work just fine.