Before you deploy WebSphere® Virtual Enterprise on virtualized servers, you must understand the limitations for the server platform that you are using.
Virtualization platform | Restrictions | Supported processor sharing mode |
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ESX Version 3.5 VMware vSphere Version 4.0, Version 4.1 |
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Shared and dedicated modes are supported for ESX or VMware vSphere Version 4.0, Version 4.1, but you must configure WebSphere Virtual Enterprise to communicate with the ESX or VMware vSphere Version 4.0, Version 4.1 hypervisor or the vCenter that is in control of the hypervisors where WebSphere Virtual Enterprise is running. |
AIX® 5.3 and AIX 6.1 on POWER5™ and POWER6® (Micro-Partitioning®) | See Configuring AIX 5.3 and AIX 6.1 on POWER5 and POWER6 (Micro-Partitioning) for required configuration steps. Workload partitions (WPAR), which were introduced in AIX 6.1, are not supported at this time. For uncapped shared processor partitions, equal partition weights are recommended. WebSphere Virtual Enterprise does not have a partition to physical machine mapping and thus does not use the partition weight when making workload distribution and server placement decisions. |
All WebSphere Virtual Enterprise features are supported on AIX Micro-partitioning in capped or uncapped mode. Shared capped, shared uncapped, and dedicated modes are supported for both POWER5 and POWER6. Support for dedicated donating and multiple shared pools modes are available on POWER6 only. |
AIX 7.1 on POWER7® | None. | POWER7 processor in POWER6 compatibility mode POWER7 processor mode |
Linux on POWER® (Micro-Partitioning) | None for dedicated. | Dedicated. |
Linux on z/VM® |
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Dedicated and shared. |
Solaris Operating Environment 10 on Sun (Zones) | None for dedicated. | Dedicated. |
HP-UX 11i v3 on HP using Virtual Partitions (vPars) or Integrity VMs | Currently not supported. | None. |
Linux Xen |
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Dedicated. |
Microsoft Hyper-V | Currently not supported. | None. |