VCenter 5.5 U3e Database SQL Availability Group Support (non shared storage)

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Hi Guys,

I seem to find lots of info (that is mostly old) that hosting the Center and VUM databases is not supported using SQL server Always on Availability Groups (in this case non shared storage), but we would get "best effort" support which isn't a road I'd prefer to go down

I seem to find a lot of old info but struggle to interpret the support matrix between whats supported as a guest hosting other Databases and what is supported to specifically host Center and VUM databases

Looking to answer this conclusively so we can move forward as the info has caused some confusion on what is and isn't supported for hosting the Vcenter and VUM databases

Thanks

James

[erikverbruggen · Accepted solution]

This KB article explains the options for vCenter Server High Availability.

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=10240...

Additional information explains the support for AG.

Third-party High Availability Solutions:

Other, third-party solutions are available to protect VMware vCenter Server 5.x and 6.0 including, but not limited to these solutions. However, these solutions are not certified by VMware for use with vCenter Server to provide high availability. If problems are experienced when the third-party solution is used with vCenter Server, VMware offers best effort support for any issues encountered with an environment that uses third-party solutions for protecting against VMware VirtualCenter downtime. However, VMware reserves the right to not support the environment until a compatible solution is used. For more information, see the VMware third-party hardware and software support policy.

Note: This list is not all inclusive.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG) for high availability and disaster recovery solution (Non-shared disk configuration)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) for high availability, and Availability Groups (AG) for disaster recovery solution (Shared Disk Configuration).
• Microsoft SQL Server Database Mirroring
• Symantec Application HA for VMware

Customers seeking to add support for any third-party high availability solution may file a Feature Request or engage their VMware account team in filing a Request for Feature Enhancement (RFE) through a Request for Price Quotation (RPQ). For more information, see:

• Making a VMware feature request (1002123)