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  • 1.  Fault Tolerance and compability

    Posted Jun 29, 2013 07:11 AM

    Hi,

    I searched but I can not find that if my two cpu's are compatibe for vmotion,FT,and HA or not?

    one of those are Intel X5560 and another one is E5-2960, can I have vmotion,FT,and HA between these two servers?

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Fault Tolerance and compability

    Posted Jun 29, 2013 09:54 AM

    You can check the VMware Compatibility Guide to find the different CPU's supported "EVC Modes" (for vMotion) and the "Fault Tolerant Compatible Set".  For HA the different CPU types are not as important, because HA only restarts VM's.

    From a quick look into the HCL, the two CPUs you mentioned (I assume you meant E5-2690) should support vMotion/EVC, but not FT because of different FT Compatibility sets (Nehalem vs. Sandy-Bridge).

    For FT compatibility see also http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008027

    André



  • 3.  RE: Fault Tolerance and compability

    Posted Jun 29, 2013 12:29 PM

    Thanks,

    but i do not know to to work with VMware Compatibility Guide and how to compare 2 cpu models and if we can have FT and Vmotion or not!

    can you help me please?

    Thank you



  • 4.  RE: Fault Tolerance and compability

    Posted Jun 29, 2013 12:40 PM

    Find the server model you are going to use and then hover the mouse over the CPU link or click the CPU link. This will open a pop-up dialog (or bring you to a web page) with the CPU/compatibility details.

    André



  • 5.  RE: Fault Tolerance and compability

    Posted Jun 29, 2013 10:01 AM

    You can use Site Survey and CPU identification utility

    http://www.vmware.com/support/sitesurvey/help_2_5_2.html

    VMware SiteSurvey is a plugin for the vSphere Client which analyzes ESX hosts managed by vSphere Server and reports on whether the configuration of both software and hardware is suitable for use with the VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) feature.

    http://www.vmware.com/download/shared_utilities.html