Hi everyone,
There are many posts that recommend installing on a <b>virtual machine under Vista</b>, but has anyone tried it? I would be keen to know how it worked for you. The reason IÂ’m asking is that I installed it on my home PC and it is just <b>WAY TOO SLOW</b>.
The PC is a mid-range off-the-shelf DELL: Core Duo 2.4 GHZ; 4 GB physical RAM; RAID 0; Vista Ultimate 32-bit. The virtual machine is a VMWare Workstation 6.0 with XP Professional SP2. I allocated both processors and 1.8 GB RAM to the virtual machine and optimized it according to the instructions in the VMWare UserÂ’s Manual (pre-allocated the disk space, installed VMWAre Tools, disabled snapshots and memory paging, etc.).
The NetWeaver is a 2004s I downloaded about a year ago; I donÂ’t know which Service Pack.
I donÂ’t know how long the installation took because I left it running all night, but I would guess about 3 hours. The VM uses approximately 1.3 GB RAM with NetWeaver running. The Vista host uses some 2.8 GB RAM with VM running when NetWeaver is on, which leaves about 300 MB free (32-bit Vista famously uses a maximum of 3.12 GB, regardless of how much physical memory you actually have).
It works, but like I said, too slow. The SGEN transaction reported that it would run for over 12 hours until it generated everything. I let it generate about 16% of all objects and then I lost patience and cancelled the process.
It takes 20-30 seconds just to open the SE80, 10 seconds to generate a 10-line ABAP source. Disk activity never stops. This is not workable. Does yours work better?
I’m going to try another solution: I’ve bought a fast 8 GB Compact Flash card (266x – 40 MB/s) and a second hard drive. I’ll try to install Windows XP on the Compact Flash (hope it fits) and the NetWeaver on the second disk. If I manage to do that, I’ll let you know how it went.
Any experiences with NetWeaver on a virtual machine under Vista would be appreciated.
Thank you.
P.S. I also tried installing the latest NetWeaver 7.0 SP12 but the only thing I got from the installer was a solid black window.