This section explains how to configure server virtualization software.
The settings indicated below are required when using server virtualization software.
Install and configure the VM management software
Install and configure the VM management software.
Required when using VMware, Hyper-V, or Oracle VM.
For details, refer to the manual of server virtualization software.
Install and configure the VM hosts
Install and configure the VM hosts.
The settings required in advance are indicated below.
[VMware]
Volumes have been created
Zoning and host affinity have been set
VM hosts have been configured to recognize a datastore
Datastores have been used to specify dynamic allocation
For details, refer to "E.2.2 Preparations".
[Hyper-V]
The configuration enables use of SAN environments on VM hosts
Volumes have been created
Zoning and host affinity have been set
MSFC has been added to VM hosts
A SAN volume has been configured as a cluster disk
A cluster disk has been added as a shared cluster volume
All created L-Servers are located on a cluster as high availability virtual machines.
For details, refer to "E.3.2 Preparations".
[RHEL5-Xen]
Volumes (LUNs) to assign to the admin OS have already been created
Zoning and host affinity have been set
The LUN has already been set as the shared class of PRIMECLUSTER GDS
For details, refer to "E.4.2 Preparations".
[Oracle VM]
Volumes have been created
Zoning and host affinity have been set
A storage and a repository have been added as a shared cluster volume
A server pool has been created
The VM hosts have been registered in the server pool
A storage repository has been registered in the server pool
VM guests can be created in the server pool
A cloning image exists in the server pool
For details, refer to "E.5.2 Preparations".
[KVM]
For details, refer to "E.6.2 Preparations".
