Support Policies for RHEL High Availability Clusters - IBM Cloud Virtual Server (VS) Virtual Machines as Cluster Members

Contents

• Overview
  • Applicable Environments
  • Recommended Prior Reading
  • Useful References and Guides
  • Introduction
• Policies

Overview

Applicable Environments

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the High Availability Add-On
• Using IBM Cloud Virtual Server (VS) to provide VMs that may serve as High Availability cluster members

Recommended Prior Reading

• General conditions with virtualized cluster members

Useful References and Guides

• Support Policies for RHEL High Availability Clusters

Introduction

This guide offers Red Hat's policies, requirements, and limitations applicable to the use of IBM Cloud Virtual Server virtual machines as members of a RHEL High Availability cluster. Users of RHEL High Availability software components should adhere to these policies by installing only on the approved platforms in order to be eligible to receive assistance from Red Hat Support with the appropriate support subscriptions.

Policies

Consider general conditions for support of RHEL High Availability in virtualization environments

• See: General conditions with virtualized cluster members

No support for IBM Cloud Virtual Server VMs as RHEL High Availability members: Red Hat does not support RHEL High Availability deployments consisting of members that are virtual machines running on IBM Cloud Virtual Server platforms.