Installing SwyxWare in a Virtual Machine

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To create a virtual machine, refer to the vSphere documentation for details: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-55238059-912E-411F-A0E9-A7A536972A91.html

The dimensioning of the VM should be done as for a normal SwyxWare installation based on the known Windows Server and SwyxWare hardware requirements.

We recommend to keep the number of vCPUs and the RAM low at the beginning, to observe the VM in operation with vSphere means and to adjust vCPUs and RAM accordingly to get optimal values.

Installing SwyxWare in a VM is no different than installing on physical hardware, see SwyxWare InstallationSwyxWare Installing HealthMonitor

The SwyxWare HealthMonitor is a Windows service that must be installed separately in the VM. This section describes the installation and configuration of this service.

1 Download the HealthMonitor service ZIP file from the Swyx website https://www.swyx.com/products/support/support-downloads.html

2 Run the Windows PowerShell console as an administrator.

3 Create a directory under %program files%:

mkdir "$env:ProgramFiles\Swyx.Core.HealthMonitor"

4 Extract the HealthMonitor files to this directory:

Expand-Archive -Path Swyx.Core.HealthMonitor.zip -DestinationPath "$env:ProgramFiles\Swyx.Core.HealthMonitor"

5 Change to the directory where you unpacked the files and install SwyxWare HealthMonitor with the following command:

./install-service.ps1

The installation script has some optional parameters to customize the installation. In most cases, the default settings are sufficient. You can get a description of the options with the normal PowerShell help function:

get-help ./install-service.ps1 -full

6 Adjust the configuration of the service as described in the next section before starting the service.

Last modified date: 02.17.2020