Personally I would think a virtual machine running on a virtual machine would be all kinds of trouble but then what do I know. :>
Jon On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:12 PM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder what sort of issues they might have run into, or what I should > look out for. It seems like most any app should work fine so long as it > doesn't have unusual hardware requirements... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:08 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized? > > Because either A. They have run into issues supporting it or B. They > don't > want to support it. > > I have a few software apps that say similar and it's really because they > base the serial # on the computer ID and know that if I vm it I could > copy > the image elsewhere and maintain the computer ID and thus have multiple > copies of it. That's just my best guess though. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:58 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Will it *really* not work virtualized? > > I was looking over the system requirements for a particular piece of > software we're looking at purchasing, and I noticed that it specifically > says it has to be on a physical (non-virtual) machine. > > Now, this software doesn't have any special hardware requirements. > Processor requirements are modest, as are requirements for RAM and > storage space. And yet, the requirements explicitly say, "Microsoft > Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise without Hyper-V" (if Server > 2008 is the OS--it also supports Server 2003, XP, or Vista as the server > OS). > > As I've mentioned before, I'm brand new to server virtualization. I'm > playing with Hyper-V right now for the first time. So, I'm sure I'm > missing something. > > Why, exactly, would a product like this not work on a virtual server? > > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
