SVM deployment options

VMware vSphere platform

The following options are available for deploying SVMs on VMware virtual infrastructure:

• Deployment on a standalone VMware ESXi hypervisor managed by a VMware vCenter Server.
• Deployment on VMware ESXi hypervisors that are part of a cluster managed by a VMware vCenter Server.

  After deployment, the SVM is automatically assigned to the hypervisor, i.e. it does not migrate to other VMware ESXi hypervisors within the cluster.

• Deployment on VMware ESXi hypervisors managed by VMware vCenter servers in Linked mode.

To deploy SVMs on VMware ESXi hypervisors, you can use a Microsoft SCVMM virtual infrastructure administration server.

Citrix Hypervisor platform

The following options are available for deploying SVMs on Citrix Hypervisor virtual infrastructure:

• Deployment on a standalone Citrix Hypervisor.
• Deployment on a hypervisor that is a part of a Citrix Hypervisor pool.

  An SVM can be deployed in the local hypervisor storage or in the shared storage of a Citrix Hypervisor pool.

  After startup, an SVM deployed in shared storage is run on the hypervisor within the Citrix Hypervisor pool that has most resources and/or is least load. If a key with a limitation on the number of processor cores key has been installed on an SVM, the number of processor cores on the hypervisor the SVMs are running on is considered when checking the license restrictions.

Microsoft Hyper-V platform

The following options are available for deploying SVMs on Microsoft Hyper-V virtual infrastructure:

• Deployment on a standalone Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V) hypervisor.
• Deployment on Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V) hypervisors that are part of a hypervisor cluster managed by the Windows Failover Clustering service.

During deployment of an SVM on a Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V) hypervisor, all files required for operation of the SVM are stored in a separate folder. This folder is assigned the same name as the SVM.

To deploy SVMs on Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V) hypervisors, you can use a Microsoft SCVMM virtual infrastructure administration server.

KVM platform

SVM deployment on a standalone KVM hypervisor is supported.

Proxmox VE platform

SVM deployment on a standalone Proxmox VE hypervisor is supported.

Skala-R platform

SVM deployment on R-Virtualization hypervisors that are part of a hypervisor cluster managed by a Skala-R Management server is supported.

HUAWEI FusionSphere platform

The following options are available for deploying SVMs on HUAWEI virtual infrastructure:

• Deployment on a standalone HUAWEI FusionCompute CNA hypervisor managed by a HUAWEI FusionCompute VRM server.
• Deployment on HUAWEI FusionCompute CNA hypervisors that are part of a cluster managed by a HUAWEI FusionCompute VRM server.

Nutanix Acropolis platform

The following options are available for deploying SVMs on Nutanix Acropolis virtual infrastructure:

• Deployment on Nutanix AHV hypervisors that are a part of a hypervisor cluster managed by a Nutanix Prism Element server.
• Deployment on Nutanix AHV hypervisors that are a part of a hypervisor cluster managed by a Nutanix Prism Element server that is managed by Nutanix Prism Central.

TIONIX Cloud Platform and OpenStack platform

SVMs are deployed on hypervisors used within OpenStack projects.

ALT Virtualization Server platform

An SVM can be deployed on a standalone hypervisor of the ALT Virtualization Server platform.

Astra Linux Platform

SVM deployment on a standalone KVM hypervisor running on the Astra Linux Platform is supported.