This appendix explains how to use PRIMECLUSTER in a VMware environment.
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For details on VMware, see the documentation for VMware.
Note
The following environments and functions are not supported:
Cluster configuration between ESXi hosts with different versions
N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
Support for multipath software from third parties, contact field engineers.
Remove a virtual machine that installs PRIMECLUSTER from targets for cluster functions (such as VMware HA, VMware FT, VMware DRS, and VMware DPM) of VMware.
The following functions are not available in a virtual machine in which PRIMECLUSTER is to be installed.
Migration with VMware vCenter Converter
Snapshot of VMware
Backup by Data Protection
Following hot swap operations cannot be performed for the virtual machine hardware.
Increasing disk size
Increasing memory
Increasing CPU
Using snapshot
Over committing of memory that causes virtual swap or memory ballooning
