<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Thanks Peter. I guess with the reserved CPUs and memory it will help. Not sure how much disk activity can affect processing, but like you said, definitely a step in the right direction.<br><br>I foresee a separate VMware installation for voice rather than sharing an existing VMware deployment.<br><br>To bad about VMotion....but I'm sure it'll get there.<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Peter Pauly" <ppauly@gmail.com><br>To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio@uoguelph.ca><br>Cc: "Matthew Loraditch" <MLoraditch@heliontechnologies.com>, cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:40:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Unity now Supported on VMWare!!<br><br>Cisco solved the problem of running under vmware thus:<br><br>They require 4 CPU's to be assigned to Unity. Other guests running on<br>the host cannot use those CPUs.<br>They require 4 GB of memory to be reserved for Unity.<br><br>None of the other guest machines can use the memory or CPU resources<br>that are assigned to Unity.<br>You can't use VMotion to transfer Unity between hosts.<br>It only works on FiberChannel, not iSCSI or NAS.<br><br>Those limitations make it a much less attractive proposition. But at<br>least it is a step in the right direction.<br><br>On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio@uoguelph.ca> wrote:<br>> It's definitely a move in the right direction. However, I think it will<br>> remain to be seen if this is a supportable model going forward. I'm not that<br>> versed in VMware deployments, but I've seen VMware sessions get bogged down<br>> because too many sessions were running. The document goes on to state<br>> minimum performance requirements but can you configure a VMware session to<br>> have priority? (rhetorical question). And if you can (technically) can you<br>> politically? Typically VMware deployments are covered by another team and it<br>> might be hard to convince them your session deserves more cycles than the HR<br>> session.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ---<br>> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>> "Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Matthew Loraditch" <MLoraditch@heliontechnologies.com><br>> To: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:06:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>> Subject: [cisco-voip] Unity now Supported on VMWare!!<br>><br>> This should make some people giddy!<br>><br>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/virtualization_design/guide/cuvirtualdgx.html<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Matthew Loraditch<br>> 1965 Greenspring Drive<br>><br>> Timonium, MD 21093<br>> support@heliontechnologies.com<br>> (p) (410) 252-8830<br>> (F) (443) 541-1593<br>><br>> Visit us at www.heliontechnologies.com<br>> Support Issue? Email support@heliontechnologies.com for fast assistance!<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________ cisco-voip mailing list<br>> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> cisco-voip mailing list<br>> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<br>><br>><br></div></body></html>