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larstr
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Xerox app

We're looking to installing the package Xerox Freeflow Process Manager and during our conversation with Xerox we've been told that they don't support this software running in a VM. They even state:[i]"the installer will prevent this from being possible".[/i]

Wow! They even take measures to make sure we don't install their software inside a VM!

Have anyone tried installing/running this software in a VMware environment?

I have some ideas about installing it on a physical box and then p2v it using converter, but I suspect that they are using a license bound to the MAC address of the nic.

Also, I would prefer if Xerox would support such a solution as I don't really feel to well running critical apps in an unsupported way.

Was there a way to make VMware approach Xerox showing them the wonderful world of virtualization? Smiley Wink

Lars

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AMcCreath
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Let me get this straight.... they are claiming that Microsofts very own MSInstaller will prevent the install in a vm.

Since when did MSInstaller process give a flying hoopla about anything under the abstraction layer!!

LOL!

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As an update we've now had this service in production for a couple of weeks and the performance is great.

Even the Xerox technicians were impressed by the performance under ESX 3 and they were going to report this back to Xerox. Hopefully this could get them to eventually change their official opinion about running this service under VMware.

Lars

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