Hi, our customer sended a request to me>
Is it possible to virtualize 2 servers which are using serial port for application cluster? [it would be implemented on ESXi 4.1]
I started to sneek for a solution, and revealed 2 solutions
use named pipe over serial port
use Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
my question>
is named pipe over serial port vmotion aware?
Welcome to the community.
Those solution are vMotion aware.
But if you use a physical device this must be connected somewhere, and if you use a host port, with will be un-avaible in case of host failure.
Andre
thanks Andre,
both servers will be virtual, sitting on different ESXi nodes (provide app. availability), of course also in HA cluster.
I just imagine how to setup serial port - both servers are server and client concurrently. So should I setup 2 named pipes with opposite direction?
Rosta
I haven't verify, but a serial connection must be bi-directorional.
So a single "link" can be enough. But this depends also on how your application talk between them.
To setup the named pipe:
http://www.fir3net.com/VMware/ESXi/esxi-connecting-to-a-named-pipe-serial-conenction.html
sounds great,
ok we will see. I can give you feedback how it works after I will test the solution with customer..
thanks for advice