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jcrus
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Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:01 pm

Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:30 pm

HELLO

Im trying to test vSAN free in HA scenario with HYPER-V and Failover Cluster Role:
-Two HP Gen9 HOSTS with Hyper-V role
-i HAVE a windows 2012 virtual machine that i want to protect with the VSAN STARWIND+HYPER-V Failover Cluster

From my understanding, i need a virtual machine with vSAN starwind software installed on each HOST server.
Can i install de vSan on the windows 2012 virtual machine on the first host and install de vSAN software on the second host on the the top of Windows 7 Pro virtual machine in order to work with the replication and HA? do i need windows server on both nodes ?
This scenario will work for me ?
Dmitry (staff)
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Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:46 am

Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:08 am

Hello,

StarWind vSAN free has license restrictions, you can`t install it on the VM.

In your case you can ask for a trial license.
Or you can try NFR license(not for commercial purposes) here:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwi ... ense-users

As for StarWind configuration, take a look over here:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/techni ... tarted.pdf

Thank you.
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