HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Application Notes - Guidelines for Using VMware GSX Server with Storage Mirroring (T2558-96023, November 2006)

Storage Mirroring Guidelines for using VMware GSX Server with Storage Mirroring application notes 5
Alternate configuration for high availability
If you want to protect only your virtual machine data files, you may want to consider this alternate
high-availability configuration.
CAUTION: This configuration has not gone through extensive testing and is only provided as a guideline
for identifying another solution which may be possible using Storage Mirroring and VMware.
By installing Storage Mirroring on the virtual machines on the source and target, you can provide high
availability for the virtual machine data files. This configuration would require a licensed copy of Storage
Mirroring for each virtual machine. With this configuration, Storage Mirroring provides a backup copy of
user-selected data from the virtual hard disk image(s) from the virtual machine(s) on the source. The target
monitors the IP address of the virtual machine on the source, and if it fails, the target can stand in for the
failed virtual machine.
Virtual Machine
Operating System
Applications
Source
Target
Host
Operating System
(Windows 200x)
Host
VMware
Target monitors the source guest
operating system IP address
Virtual machine data files from
source virtual machine are
replicated to target
Host
Operating System
(Windows 200x)
Host
Operating System
Applications
Virtual Machine
VMware
Storage Mirroring
Storage Mirroring
May include multiple
virtual machines