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 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.