HP Serviceguard/SGeRAC/Storage Management Suite/Serviceguard Manager Plug-in Compatibility and Feature Matrix- HPUX and Linux
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HPVM Guest Online/Offline Migration with SG SMS Support Matrix
HP Software Product
(installed in VM guest)
Online VM Migration -
VM as Serviceguard Package
VM as Serviceguard package
configurations requiring only whole-
disk backingstore virtual disks (e.g., VM
guests using online VM migration)
cannot use any volume manager or file
system features available on the VM
host
Online VM Migration –
VM as Serviceguard
Node
Offline Migration
(hpvmmigrate)
Offline Migration - VM as
Serviceguard Package Failover
VM as Serviceguard package
configurations requiring only whole-
disk backingstore virtual disks (e.g.,
VM guests using online VM migration)
cannot use any volume manager or
file system features available on the
VM host
T2771xx - HP Serviceguard
Storage Management
No,
Serviceguard SMS requires
Serviceguard running in the VM guest,
which is not supported in VM as
Serviceguard package configurations
No,
Online migration of VMs as
Serviceguard node
configurations is not
supported at this time
Yes,
Cross Platform Data Sharing
(CDS) disk format (i.e., VxVM
and CVM disk groups must be
created using the “cds=off”
option) and Enclosure Based
Names (EBN) are not
supported in VM guests
No,
Serviceguard SMS requires
Serviceguard running in the VM guest,
which is not supported in VM as
Serviceguard package configurations
T2773xx - HP Serviceguard
Storage Management for Oracle
No,
Serviceguard SMS requires
Serviceguard running in the VM guest,
which is not supported in VM as
Serviceguard package configurations
No,
Online migration of VMs as
Serviceguard node
configurations is not
supported at this time
Yes,
Cross Platform Data Sharing
(CDS) disk format (i.e., VxVM
and CVM disk groups must be
created using the “cds=off”
option) and Enclosure Based
Names (EBN) are not
supported in VM guests
No,
Serviceguard SMS requires
Serviceguard running in the VM guest,
which is not supported in VM as
Serviceguard package configurations.