Then I also contacted Dell, but they say it is not possible to do this. Microsoft website which can not be 'upgraded' to a full version. So that's not working, and I only find an evaluation version on the I'm running on a Dell PowerVault NX3200, and if I use the provided Dell OS DVD, I get an error "This is not a Dell Powervault device", which is indeed correct since it is running virtual. Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard also includes 2 licenses for VMs, but I cannot find an ISO to create a Storage Server VM. OEM versions of the ISO media are available with an MSDN subscription Talk to your solution providers about virtualized solutions to see what they can offer, I think it will be more and more popular in the future. I hope that clarifies what the situation is. The hypervisor is in there though and you can load non-Windows OS or other OS instances that are licensed separately, like Windows Server 2008 R2 etc, that might be needed for some specific application. In this case, Dell does not offer an image that is ready to be installed It is up to each OEM to decide if they want to virtualize a storage appliance or offer support for deploying WSS instances on top of existing appliances. The idea was that our OEM partners could create different formįactors and mix-in a variety of native or virtualized configurations. Or users can install other VMs, such as a Linux server running a storage analysis or management application. This means they could offerĢ, 6 or even more VMs on the same appliance if they choose to do so.Įnd users might use this to service multiple domains using the same storage. OEMs may choose to ship an appliance that is running WSS as a hypervisor and include 2 VMs running WSS and they can stack the licenses as well. Storage Server is onlyĪvailable as an integrated appliance, also known as an 'OEM embedded' server. Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard does come with 2 VM licenses that OEMs can use to create their appliances.
Hi folks, I am the PM for Storage Server and I'm here to help everybody understand the situation.
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