December 17, 2009 at 7:30 am
Hi,
I just wanted know whether we can install SQL cluster on Vmware(ESX) in production environment.
Thanks in Advance
Thanks
Reddy
December 17, 2009 at 8:46 am
Yes, you can do this. We have done this in our production environment. It works fine. We used raw SAN disk drives for everything but the boot drive.
December 17, 2009 at 12:19 pm
MS does not support SQL Server under VMWARE.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615
Maninder
www.dbanation.com
December 17, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Thank you so much
February 2, 2010 at 5:02 pm
They do support it (unless I misunderstand)...
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=956893
<SNIP>
Microsoft provides technical support for SQL Server 2005 and for SQL Server 2008 (this includes all components that that are included with SQL Server 2005 and 2008) for the following supported hardware virtualization enviornments:
...
Configurations that are validated through the Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP).
</SNIP>
VMWare is certified through SVVP
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?&bCatID=1521&cpID=0&avc=0&ava=0&avq=0&OR=1&PGS=25
February 3, 2010 at 6:22 am
I believe you can find pretty detailed instructions online on how to setup sql server cluster on vmware.
Best,
Kevin G. Boles
SQL Server Consultant
SQL MVP 2007-2012
TheSQLGuru on googles mail service
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