Comments on: vCenter on Linux & Cross Platform Client http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vcenter-on-linux-cross-platform-client/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tomi http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vcenter-on-linux-cross-platform-client/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Tomi Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:23:14 +0000 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=893#comment-589 I had a quick chat with Linux vCenter develper at VMworld Europe. vCenter Server requires good transactional support from backend database so MySQL is out of question because their transactional database engine (InnoDB) is owned by Oracle. Oracle is not very friendly towards VMware with their licensing, you have to license Oracle for EVERY PHYSICAL CORE in your ESX host even Oracle VM would be using single vCPU. Thus VMware is going to avoid use of Oracle in any way possible. According to developer they have plans to ship vCenter Server appliance with embedded DB2 since it has support for everything they need with VM friendly license. PostgreSQL support is planned but it may not ship with initial release. Please bear in mind that anything above is not officially confirmed by VMware, so standard disclaimer applies that it may or may not ship like this. I had a quick chat with Linux vCenter develper at VMworld Europe. vCenter Server requires good transactional support from backend database so MySQL is out of question because their transactional database engine (InnoDB) is owned by Oracle. Oracle is not very friendly towards VMware with their licensing, you have to license Oracle for EVERY PHYSICAL CORE in your ESX host even Oracle VM would be using single vCPU. Thus VMware is going to avoid use of Oracle in any way possible.

According to developer they have plans to ship vCenter Server appliance with embedded DB2 since it has support for everything they need with VM friendly license.

PostgreSQL support is planned but it may not ship with initial release.

Please bear in mind that anything above is not officially confirmed by VMware, so standard disclaimer applies that it may or may not ship like this.

]]> By: craig http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vcenter-on-linux-cross-platform-client/comment-page-1/#comment-586 craig Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:44:48 +0000 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=893#comment-586 Agree, as we do not require an expensive DB solution to manage the virtual center. All he vCenter doing is to manage and even it require a reboot or rebuild, it does not impact much to the production Agree, as we do not require an expensive DB solution to manage the virtual center. All he vCenter doing is to manage and even it require a reboot or rebuild, it does not impact much to the production

]]> By: Superman http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vcenter-on-linux-cross-platform-client/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Superman Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:10:21 +0000 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=893#comment-585 To make cost effective, vCenter should go for MYSQL or PostgreSQL database. To make cost effective, vCenter should go for MYSQL or PostgreSQL database.

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