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
- About InfoScale deployments in OpenShift Virtualization environments
- 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
About setting up KVM with InfoScale solutions
Note:
The system requirements listed in this topic are not exhaustive. For information on the latest supported operating systems, applications, and features, always refer to the release-specific InfoScale Software Compatibility List - Linux (SCL) at http://sort.veritas.com/documents.
Before setting up your virtual environment, verify that your planned configuration meets the system requirements, licensing, and other considerations for installation with InfoScale products:
Licensing requirements:
Customers running Storage Foundation (SF) or Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) in a kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) environment are entitled to use an unlimited number of guests on each licensed server or CPU.
Red Hat and SUSE system requirements:
Refer to Table: RHEL and SLES system requirements.
For information on the latest supported operating systems, applications, and features, always refer to the InfoScale SCL.
Arctera product requirements:
Refer to Table: InfoScale product requirements.
Other requirements:
Each Arctera product contains last-minute news and important details for each product, including updates to system requirements and supported software. Before you install InfoScale, review the InfoScale Release Notes - Linux for the latest information at: http://sort.veritas.com/documents.
Table: RHEL and SLES system requirements
Requirements | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) |
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Hardware requirements | Full virtualization-enabled CPU | Full virtualization-enabled CPU |
Supported OS on the host | RHEL 8 Update 10 RHEL 9 Update 4 | SLES15 SP5 |
Supported OS on VMs | RHEL 8 Update 10 RHEL 9 Update 4 | SLES15 SP5 |
Table: InfoScale product requirements
Hardware | Refer to the release-specific InfoScale Hardware Compatibility List. |
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Documentation | Refer to the InfoScale Release Notes - Linux for the most current system requirements, limitations, and known issues at Arctera Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT): https://sort.veritas.com/documents |
For information on the latest supported operating systems, applications, and features, always refer to the release-specific Software Compatibility List (SCL).
Table: VCS system requirements for KVM-supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux configurations
VCS version | 9.0 |
Supported OS version in host | RHEL 7 Update 7 RHEL 7 Update 8 RHEL 7 Update 9 RHEL 8 Update 1 SLES 12 SP5 SLES 15 SP1 For information on the latest supported operating systems, refer to the release-specific Software Compatibility List (SCL). |
Supported OS in VM guest | RHEL 7 Update 7 RHEL 7 Update 8 RHEL 7 Update 9 RHEL 8 Update 1 SLES 12 SP5 SLES 15 SP1 For information on the latest supported operating systems, refer to the release-specific Software Compatibility List (SCL). |
Hardware requirement | Full virtualization-enabled CPU |
For more information on limitations and known issues, see the InfoScale Release Notes - Linux.
For KVM-related limitations, see the virtualization technology provider (RHEL or SLES) release notes.