I would really appreciate any list you have of apps where some modification or 'certification' was done. VCS is a good example of understanding what is happening at both LDOM and physical layer is important, as would many utilities.
David Runyon eBay Storage Rep (925) 323-1211 Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:02 PM, John Falkenthal <John.Falkenthal at Sun.COM> wrote: > > Hi David > > Regarding LDoms, you probably won't find a comprehensive list of > apps that work with LDoms, mainly because all applications in the > SPARC/Solaris portfolio (5000 or so?) all just work. Solaris running > in an LDom guest environment is just Solaris, all the same > interfaces are there, binary compatibility is there, etc. > > Now, I would like to qualify that just a bit. We all know some of > the largest customer applications (e.g. Oracle) get re-certified to > give customers assurance of correct operation. There are a number > of applications that have been "certified" for use with LDoms, that > is largely a decision the ISV makes, not Sun. I can help get you > that information. System management products (e.g. CA Unicenter, > Scalent VOE, Ecoviv Wand) are typically modified to manipulate and > control LDoms, so there are specific versions of these management > products that support LDoms (again, I can provide that info if our > web is out of date). Volume managers are the last class of > application that come to mind that also require modification in > order to optimize for virtual environments. Symantec Storage > Foundation is a good example of this. > > JF > >
