VSM 7.2 will SUSE/Redhat work together?

[robert.greeson]

VSM 7.2 Question.  If I have an array of servers that were upgraded from 6.3 {ie SUSE} and I need to add a new media server to the bunch, but I want to make it a virtual media server on a B-series server, since I can only find Redhat OVA, will a redhat MS work with a SUSE Operations manager?

[smithm228]

You can download VSM7.2 packages for both Redhat and SUSE

Cisco_VSM-7.2.0-020d_sles10.zip

Cisco_VSM-7.2.0-020d_rhel5.zip

[robert.greeson]

I already have the packages downloaded.  I just need to know if I have a suse linux Ops manager, will it work with a Redhat Media server?

[gregl_2]

Robert are you stating you  have a Cisco VSOM  server that is running on SLES  and you will have other media servers on Red Hat.  If that is the case you should be ok.

Is your Vsom server on a CPS-MSP or a CIVS-MSP?   Also how large of a deployment is this?

In the release notes it shows these supported platforms.

Physical Servers:

Cisco Physical Security UCS

platform servers:

CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 and

CPS-UCS-2RU-K9

Cisco Multiservices platform

servers:

•

CPS-MSP-1RU-K9

•

•

•

•

CIVS-MSP-4RU

CIVS-MSP-2RU

CIVS-MSP-1RU

CPS-MSP-2RU-K9

Virtual:

Cisco UCS platform: B, C, E and

Express series

Cisco Multiservices platform

servers:

Found here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/security/physical_security/video_surveillance/network/vsm/release_notes/7_2_0/vsm_rn_7_2_0.html

I have also done some installation where customer  has  a new  Cisco 2 ru CPS-MSP  server and we have just Vsom 7.2 running on it  and then  other media servers running  VSM 7.2  on Red hat  and some media servers running 7.2 on SLES.

So in a nut shell you should be just fine.

Thanks and hope this helps

Greg

[mohamedbineesh]

We have a two CPS-MSP-2RU-K9  Servers with VSOM + VSMS  in  both the Servers.

That is  ( VSOM+VSMS) in Server-1  and again  (VSOM+VSMS) in Server-2   .

Can i have Redundancy for VSMS and also for VSOM by this Method ?

Does VSOM in one Server-1 can have Control over VSMS in Server-2 ? Is this a Recommended Design ?

[Scott Olsen]

Beginning with VSM7, there are multiple styles of VSMS (media server) redundancy available, depending on the IP Camera matrix you intend to deploy.

There is currently nothing for *native* VSOM redundancy, aside from using VMWare High Availability when deploying VSM OVAs on Cisco UCS platform only.

There is much more that goes into a successful design and deployment than the information you have provided here.  My personal recommendation is to leverage your local Cisco ATP partner, or, at a minimum, engage the Cisco PDI Helpdesk (http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/tools/pdihd.html)

Cheers, and best of luck,

Scott Olsen

Solutions Specialist

Bulletproof Solutions Inc.

http://www.bulletproofsi.com

[Daniel de Varona]

We have RedHat VSOM 7.2 on our B-Series, and a combination of B-Series Media Servers running RedHat and MSP's running SLES. We've had no issues.

[robert.greeson]

Thank you very much, that is exactly what I needed to know.