XI on a VMware Workstation

[former_member187587]

Good day mates.

This is more of a BASIS question but i hope some XI developers experienced or know this issue:

I'm installing an XI system on my laptop using VMware - Workstation version.

During the database instance Installation phase 16(Database Load) the installation is looping on the same job again and again and the phase never finishes. no critical errors shown.

I'd like to know if any one here knows :

1.Is it possible to install XI 3.0 on a VMware-workstation.

2.If so what might be the problem?

this is the trace of the phase:

<b>TRACE [iaxxbdbld.cpp:985]

CR3ldStep::startR3ldProcesses lib=iamodload module=CR3ldStepTST_RUNNING: 5

</b>

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I have never tried to install XI on VMware Workstation, but I did on VMware Server.

We had a Database Load Problem, too. Finally we found out that it is important that the Server Name is written in small letters.

VMware Templates always change it to capital letters, so you have to make some changes in the registry.

We run quite a lot XI Test Servers on VMware.

Regards

Philipp

[former_member187587 · Accepted solution]

Does the installation on a VMware server is complex or easy as the workstation??

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

It is almost the same like when you install it on a Windows Server.

So, it should be the same.

[Former Member]

Hi Nimrod,

Go through the following blog by Felix Jeyareuben. He discusses how he installed XI on his laptop, including the database instance intallation. It might be helpful:-

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/05/31/my-experience-with-xi-installation-on-fedora-core-3-linux

Regards,

Sushumna