Most of us use Virtual Environments for production, testing, training or just for a demo. This is why we would like to be sure you know how to install our Open-E DSS V7 as a Virtual Machine.
In this post we will do it with VMware.
First, you need to download the Open-E DSS V7 TRIAL version from our website.
http://www.open-e.com/download/open-e-data-storage-software-v7/
Please download the ISO file. Next, in the VMware GUI upload the ISO into any existing data store.
Now you can add the new VM. Please select the “custom” setup option in order to set more details.  Please use default settings, except for the following:

  • Guest Operating system: Other 2.6.x Linux (64bit)
  • Memory Configuration : at least 1GB
  • Network adapter:  VMXNET 3
  • SCSI Controller: VMware Paravirtual
  • Capacity of disk: 2GB (this disk will be used as a boot media for the Open-E DSS V7)

If you are not familiar with VMware you may watch the step-by-step video:

Download DSS V7

Janusz Bak

Chief Technology Officer

Janusz Bak joined Open-E in 1999 and has been serving as Open-E's CTO ever since. Janusz has over 30 years of software engineering experience and is a recognized expert on storage technologies. Before Open-E, Janusz headed up German support operations at Aztech Systems and at Mega.

16 Comments

  • Kiran /

    20, 02 2017 12:30:50

    Hi,
    Nice Article.
    Cloud you explain the common issues we face regularly in VMware Vsphere administration?
    Regards,
    VMware Geek

    Reply

    • Karolina Pletnia /

      27, 02 2017 11:47:52

      Hey Kiran! I’m afraid we can’t really provide you with any helpful tips on this topic as we don’t know which common issues you are facing regularly. Please send us some details on those issues, or visit our Forum.

      Reply

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