Hi Dan, make sure storage device for esxi virtual host is presented as SATA and BIOS ACHI mode is usd. Do not use EFI/UEFI to install NDW server.
NDW has been tested to work with VirtualBox and VMware player.
You can also install it on a standard Dell Desktop PC which has SATA HDD installed.
Let me know how it goes?
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Thanks Noraiz,
VMWare was proving a little tetchy so I've swapped to hardware.
I am testing with an old Dell R310 server, with an LSI card (non-raid IT mode) connected to a Promise SATA array and it seems to be working well. I've left it wiping 3 drives for the moment. I will fill the array up later and see what happens.
I did email sales@greatengland.co.uk about a license but have not had anything back; do you have an alternate contact?
Thanks
Dan
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I've tried installing the latest NDW 4.5 ISO on a VM (esxi 6,7) and did "nuke" when prompted.
Rebooting results in failure and "dracut" issues
Hi Dan, make sure storage device for esxi virtual host is presented as SATA and BIOS ACHI mode is usd. Do not use EFI/UEFI to install NDW server.
NDW has been tested to work with VirtualBox and VMware player.
You can also install it on a standard Dell Desktop PC which has SATA HDD installed.
Let me know how it goes?
Thanks Noraiz,
VMWare was proving a little tetchy so I've swapped to hardware.
I am testing with an old Dell R310 server, with an LSI card (non-raid IT mode) connected to a Promise SATA array and it seems to be working well. I've left it wiping 3 drives for the moment. I will fill the array up later and see what happens.
I did email sales@greatengland.co.uk about a license but have not had anything back; do you have an alternate contact?
Thanks
Dan