You can install the NIOS virtual software package on a host with VMware ESX or ESXi 8.0U2, 8.0b, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0, 6.7, 6.7 Update 2 (and Upper versions), 6.5.x, 6.0.x installed and configure it as a virtual appliance. You can have the option to configure the storage either with in one of the following ways: 250 GB if the for virtual appliance is appliances running on a version of NIOS versions prior to 9.0.1, 500 GB from for NIOS versions 9.0.1 onwardsand later, or you can choose a configuration above 80 GB a value exceeding 150 GB configured during the first boot . if the vNIOS instances are set up with resizable images.
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Note From NIOS 9.0.4 onwards, VMware ESXi versions below 6.7 are not supported if vDCA (virtual DNS Cache Acceleration) and vADP (virtual Advanced DNS Protection) services are enabled. |
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* If a vNIOS instance is running on a NIOS version prior to 9.0.1, the disk size will be set to 250 GB.
Requirements
The requirements to install the NIOS virtual appliance on a VMware ESX/ESXi server are as follows:
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