IBM Spectrum Protect Server on KVM virtual machine?

[tmaria]

Hello,

We have recently set-up and run IBM Spectrum Protect Server ver 8.1 on a new HP server, with local disks(storage pool containers are locally) . As a further step we would like to setup a second IBM Spectrum Protect Server, which will be the replicant of the first server. Can we setup the second server on a virtual KVM guest machine, instead of a physical machine? In both cases, we will use remote storage either with NFS or iscsi protocol. What are the pros and cons for each case?

Thank you inadvance
Maria

 

[dyna]

Hi Maria,

Yes you can. Is supported by IBM as long as you don't attach tapedrives.
-> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21239546

I have 2 SP servers on VMware ESX. Running fine and replicating each other.
Also tested with NFS container pools, but performance was not enough over a 10 Gb link.

Marcel

 

[marclant]

Make sure you size the VM for the target to match the physical specs of the source, if not, the performance may not be adequate.

 

[moon-buddy]

Even if supported, I would still *NOT* run TSM servers on VM, period.

I don't trust VM (on Intel) technology specially I/O performance.