This is a big announcement, one we’ve been waiting on for a while. How big? I’ve been too busy to keep up with blogging on IT updates.
Microsoft has announced they they have completed a mutual support program with RedHat. Now we have support for both enterprise Linux platforms on Hyper-V; SUSE being the other one. And both can be monitored from hardware to service using Operations Manager 2007 R2. Details on RedHat:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 have passed cert tests when running on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. See more at RedHat’s certified hardware site.
- Windows Server 2003/ Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 are validated to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, using their KVM-based hypervisor. See more at Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program site.
According to Microsoft “you can now run JBoss Enterprise Middleware within a virtual machine guest on Hyper-V and receive coordinated technical support”.
Well done to two competitors who’ve worked together to satisfy the needs of their mutual customers!
EDIT #1
Dig a little deeper and we get some more details. The support for RedHat on Hyper-V does not include synthetic drivers, i.e. the integration components. Only emulated devices, e.g. legacy NIC, are supported as of now. Eventually the open source integration components (that were recently signed off by the community) will filter their way into the new RedHat builds.