5.0 Using DST in a Virtual Environment

Dynamic Storage Technology (DST) for Open Enterprise Server (OES) works similarly on a native hardware environment and on a virtual machine, with the following caveats:

  • DST supports up to 16 shadow volumes in a virtualized guest server environment.

  • DST is not supported for use in the virtualization host server environment.

Limits for the number of devices assigned to a virtual machine:

  • Para-virtualized: 16 devices

  • Fully virtualized: 4 devices

To get started with Xen virtualization and KVM virtualization, see the Virtualization Guide.

For information on setting up virtualized OES, see Installing OES on a VM in the OES 23.4: Installation Guide.

To get started with third-party virtualization platforms, such as Hyper-V from Microsoft and the different VMware product offerings, refer to the documentation for the product you are using.