Crap-we were about to try the same (WebSense with Hyper-V). You can have multiple NICs in a VM, so that by itself shouldn't stop WebSense from working...
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualized Websense? We have found the same thing with Hyper-V. I was curious if it was possible even though I would never run it that way in production, but the way that Websense connects to the multiple required NICs does not allow for virtualization. At least not at this point. Add in the fact that Websense is an enormous memory hog and I doubt it will ever be a good candidate for being virtualized. TVK From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Virtualized Websense? Nope, Websense requires physical hardware, and yes, we tried to deploy it in VMWare and it no workee. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Joe Heaton <jhea...@etp.ca.gov<mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov>> wrote: Has anyone tried this, or is running Websense virtualized? Looking at finally getting our feet wet with server virtualization, using ESXi, and trying to find out if it is possible/supported to run Websense in a virtual environment. Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 jhea...@etp.ca.gov<mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov> -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
