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 have the option to configure the storage in one of the following ways: 250 GB for virtual appliances running on NIOS versions prior to 9.0.1, 500 GB for NIOS versions 9.0.1 and later, or a value exceeding 150 GB configured during the first boot if the vNIOS instances are set up with resizable images.

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vSphere vMotion is also supported. You can migrate NIOS virtual appliances from one ESX or ESXi server to another without any service outages. The migration preserves the hardware IDs and licenses of the NIOS virtual appliances. VMware Tools is automatically installed for each NIOS virtual appliance. Infoblox supports the control functions in VMware Tools. For example, through the vSphere client, you can shut down the virtual appliance. For information about migrating a NIOS virtual appliance, see Migrating NIOS Virtual Appliances.

VMware ESXi Version and Corresponding Release Names

The following table lists the versioning and and the corresponding release naming convention used by VMware for the ESXi versions:

Supported vNIOS for VMware Appliance Models

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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.

Appliance Specifications for Threat Protection

For details about the required CPU and memory allocation for supported Infoblox appliance models when Threat Protection is enabled, see the Supported Threat Protection Appliances and Licensing Requirements topic in the NIOS documentation at https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios90/280662343/Supported+Threat+Protection+Appliances+and+Licensing+Requirements

Requirements

The requirements to install the NIOS virtual appliance on a VMware ESX/ESXi server are as follows:

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