Dell EMC Reseller Option Kit Important Information
Preparing hypervisor for using ROK media on a Dell EMC PowerEdge system
- Description
- OS installation on a VM hosted on a Dell EMC PowerEdge system may fail, when the hypervisor is not prepared to support the installation.
- Workaround
- To resolve the issue and prepare your hypervisor,
follow the procedures depending on the hypervisor that you are using.NOTE: Ensure that you perform the following procedures on the system that hosts the VM.
To prepare your ESX/ESXi hypervisor for using ROK media:
- Go to /vmfs/volumes/<datastore name>/<VM name>.
- Open the <VM name>.vmx file
in an editor, and add the following line:
smbios.reflectHost = TRUE
NOTE: Ensure that you edit the vmx file for every VM that you create.To prepare your Microsoft hypervisor for using ROK media:
- Insert the ROK media, and go to <DVD drive>: \ROK.
- Run hyperv_prep.vbe on the Windows Server OS running Hyper-V, and follow the on-screen instructions.
NOTE: If you are running the utility on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, enter cscript hyperv_prep.vbe at the CLI.To prepare your Citrix XenServer hypervisor for using the ROK media, ensure that the XenServer version is 5.5 or later.
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