For cost considerations we just switched from Solaris Sparc servers to Red Hat Linux VMs for our ARS servers with no problems. As long as you have Unix/Linux expertise I would recommend that move instead of Windows (Other apps on Windows VMs here complain of performance while our Linux VMs seem to run fine). As for the database, ARS does not really care where the database lives as long as you have the correct client installed.
Fred -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Gard, Richard J Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:19 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Lifecycling Existing Unix ARS servers to Windows VM I would not put production APP nor DB servers for Remedy on a VM servers. We live with (for cost considerations)filter and active link issues routinely in our DEV and test environments weekly. We handle a huge volume of tickets (over 2.5 million per year) in prod, and our systems are too critical to allow the hiccups caused on VMs. If you go to Windows, spec it properly with physical servers and you won't regret it. The mid-tier can be VMs, but we don't know yet if this will be and issue with the 7.6.04 version we are building out now. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Boley [mailto:jbo...@aegonusa.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 01:43 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Lifecycling Existing Unix ARS servers to Windows VM Our existing Unix ARS hardware is up for lifecycle this year, and we are entertaining the possibility of moving away from Unix to Windows VM, because it will reduce the overall cost for our environment. I'm looking to see if anyone has had any expierence (or whether is is possible) replacing existing ARS servers from one OS to another while keeping the same database. Basicially here would be our scenerio: We currently have 4 Solaris ARS Servers, 4 Windows VM Midtier Servers, and a dedicated Oracle Database on AIX. We are looking to swap out the 4 Solaris ARS servers and replace them with 4 Windows VMs running ARS, while keeping the same Oracle database. Thoughts...conerns? Let me hear it :) Thanks! _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
