InfoScale™ 9.0 Virtualization Guide - Linux
- Section I. Overview of InfoScale solutions used in Linux virtualization
- Overview of supported products and technologies
- About InfoScale support for Linux virtualization environments
- About KVM technology
- Overview of supported products and technologies
- Section II. Implementing a basic KVM environment
- Getting started with basic KVM
- InfoScale solutions configuration options for the kernel-based virtual machines environment
- Installing and configuring VCS in a kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) environment
- Configuring KVM resources
- Getting started with basic KVM
- Section III. Implementing InfoScale an OpenStack environment
- Section IV. Implementing Linux virtualization use cases
- Application visibility and device discovery
- Server consolidation
- Physical to virtual migration
- Simplified management
- Application availability using Cluster Server
- Virtual machine availability
- Virtual machine availability for live migration
- Virtual to virtual clustering in a Hyper-V environment
- Virtual to virtual clustering in an OVM environment
- Multi-tier business service support
- Managing Docker containers with InfoScale Enterprise
- About the Cluster Server agents for Docker, Docker Daemon, and Docker Container
- Managing storage capacity for Docker containers
- Offline migration of Docker containers
- Disaster recovery of volumes and file systems in Docker environments
- Section V. Reference
- Appendix A. Troubleshooting
- Appendix B. Sample configurations
- Appendix C. Where to find more information
- Appendix A. Troubleshooting
DMP in the KVM host and SFHA in the KVM guest virtual machine
Use Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) in the guest in combination with Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the KVM host to combine storage management functionality for KVM guest virtual machine resources and storage visibility in the KVM host.
Using SFHA in the KVM guest provides:
Enhanced database performance
Point-in-time copy features for data back-up, recovery, and processing
Options for setting policies to optimize storage
Methods for migrating data easily and reliably
Replication support
High availability for applications running inside virtual machines
Using DMP in the host provides:
Centralized multi-pathing functionality
Fast proactive failover.
Event notification
For more information on SFHA features, see the Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability Administrator's Guide.
For more information on DMP features, see the Dynamic Multi-Pathing Administrator's Guide.