PeopleSoft & VMware
By Bob Plankers on Jun 24, 2008 in Featured, Virtualization
Even though PeopleSoft is part of Oracle (and possibly subject to their anti-VMware support policies) our apps guys checked to see if VMware was an option. As it turns out, PeopleSoft solution 200955472 entitled “Does Peoplesoft support VMWare” has the answer: yes.
PeopleSoft certifies our products (PeopleTools and EnterpriseOne Tools) on certain operating systems (including Windows 2000*, Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc.), not on specific hardware configurations. Therefore, as long as a customer configures VMWare virtual machines with supported operating systems, we will treat them as though they are independent (non-virtual) systems and provide full support. Our support team will attempt to resolve issues using our own environments with the same operating system. We will treat VMWare virtual machines in a similar manner to any other non-virtual hardware system. That is, we will likely configure independent systems with a supported operating system for web/app/database servers and attempt to replicate a problem. In the event that we cannot replicate an issue on separate systems using the same OS, we will look to EMC/VMWare or the OS vendor to address the problem and will work with them to find a resolution.
It’s cool how just a few words can remove a column of hardware in my data center. Thanks PeopleSoft!
2 Comment(s)
By Joshua on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
VMware is t3h suck compared to Parallels Virtuozzo. Have you looked into it? I have never before run an AD DC, SQL, Exchange, Building Controls and a webserver on the same hardware, different containers, with such speed.
I used to like VMware – now I hate it. This is not “Parallels”, this is Virtuozzo. A completely separate product. I also use OpenVZ on linux.
By Albert Franken on Jun 16, 2009 | Reply
Hi Bob,
Do you have the link to that information??