The DVOP Servers (v10.3) on our system are getting old (PE2650) and I have been asked to look at replacement options. Dell servers no longer support Server 2003 (32bit), they also told me they only support server 2008 R2. Non of the servers in the DeltaV Workstation Hardware list support Server 2003 any more. So i was wondering if i could Get a new Dell server and run Server 2003 on Hypervisor or Hyper-V? Would that be a support Emerson Solution?
The alternative would be to run DVOP on 2008, however the rest of the system is on 2003, i am not sure if mixing Server 2003 and 2008 is supported in DeltaV (although the DVOP servers are not in the domain or the DV pri/sec network).
Any thoughts?
Sounds like a perfect example for DeltaV Virtualization, here is the link to Istvan Orban post a few weeks ago relating to the whitepapers for DVVS.
community.emerson.com/.../6156.aspx
In reply to AdrianOffield:
In addition to the whitepapers in the other thread, there is one specifically about "obsolete server replacement": www2.emersonprocess.com/.../PDS_Obsolete_Server_Replacement.pdf
Carl, it seems to be definitely supported.