Cisco Acs 5.2 Drive Space Vmware

[navypop42]

Will the new version of Acs 5.3 support a smaller drive space under vmware? If so when will 5.3 be available?

[Waris Hussain]

Hi ,

I really dont think there is any plans in changing the drive space for ACS vmware 5.3. but will let  you know if hear  any change.

Thanks

Waris Hussain

[eoinwhite]

As per the release notes:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.3/release/notes/acs_53_rn.html#wp216411

ACS 5.3 does not support VMware installations with less than 500 GB hard disk. Is thin-provisoning a valid workaround for this?

Regards,

Eoin.

[robdowson]

I had heard (from our Cisco SE I beleive) that 5.3 would introduce support for smaller disk sizes - but we've upgraded to 5.3 and I can't see any mention of that anywhere.

We're running thin-provisioning - and aren't seeing any problems (but we're only currently using ACS for device admin auth - so fairly low numbers of authentications etc) - but the release notes do say somewhere that only fully provisioned disks are supported. Although I think it says you can thin-provision - but they then won't provide support for any performance-related issues - only configuration type stuff. I've managed to log a few TAC tickets and it hasn't been an issue so far - so we're staying thin-provisioned - but our VMWare chap tells me it's quite easy to turn thin into a thick-provisioned VM - and back again if need-be.

Rob...