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Virtualization and Cloud Products

Universal CMDB and Universal Discovery 11.0 can be used with the following virtualization products:

Virtual/Cloud Environment OS Version and Edition Supported UCMDB Deployments Recommended
Storage Area Network (SAN) All platforms Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
 
Microsoft Azure All platforms Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS) All platforms Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
Yes
VMware ESXi 6.0 and 6.5
  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and Standard, 64-bit (without the Nano Server installation option)

  • Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, Standard/DataCenter, 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 7.x, 64-bit

  • Red Hat Linux Server 5.x Enterprise/Advanced, 64-bit

Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise

Note In case of conflict, the VMware Compatibility Guide shall prevail.

VMware ESXi 5.5
  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and Standard, 64-bit (without the Nano Server installation option)

  • Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, Standard/DataCenter, 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 7.x, 64-bit

  • Red Hat Linux Server 5.x Enterprise/Advanced, 64-bit

Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise

Yes

Note In case of conflict, the VMware Compatibility Guide shall prevail.

VMware ESXi 5.1

  • Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, Standard/DataCenter, 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit

  • Red Hat Linux 5.x Enterprise/Advanced, 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 64-bit
Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise

Note In case of conflict, the VMware Compatibility Guide shall prevail.

VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.0 update 1

  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit

  • Red Hat Linux 5.x Enterprise/Advanced, 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 64-bit
Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise

Note In case of conflict, the VMware Compatibility Guide shall prevail.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016

See Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
 

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Red Hat Linux 5.x Enterprise/Advanced, 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 64-bit
Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
For more details, see Hyper-V overview.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 64-bit
Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
For more details, see Hyper-V overview.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1

  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Red Hat Linux 5.x Enterprise/Advanced, 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x, 64-bit
Yes
  • Small
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
 
Oracle VM 3.2 See Oracle VM 3.2 Release Notes Yes    
Xen Hypervisor 3.x Any No    

VMware ESX version 4.x or earlier

Any No    

VMware ESXi 4.x or earlier

Any No    

The following product has been tested to perform live migration of VMware ESXi virtual machines:

  • VMware vSphere 5.5 vMotion

Recommendations for Deploying CMS System on Virtual Machines

If virtual servers are being used for a production CMS system:

  1. It is strongly recommended that you use physical hardware for UCMDB Database in production environments where performance is a concern. Deploying the UCMDB database on a virtual environment might run into performance issue.

  2. Assign dedicated resources (such as vCPU, memory, and disk I/O) to a guest operating system that acts as a UCMDB and Probe Server.

  3. Deploy all UCMDB Server HA deployment in the same virtualization resource pool.

  4. Use the high performance storage (such like HPE 3PAR) for UCMDB server (If the I/O is not good enough, with some user scenarios, such as SOLR full indexing, it might cause CPU high usage).

Hardware recommendations:

  1. It is recommended to use the same number of vCPU and memory as recommended for physical deployment.
  2. A Gigabit network card should be used.