Windows Server 2022 Essentials

geep87

Is it possible to install Windows Server 2022 Essentials as VM on XCP-NG?
I have a DELL server and a DELL ROK DVD, but installing on XCP-NG doesn't recognize the DELL server and I can't proceed with the installation.

olivierlambert

Yes
I don't understand what you mean about the Dell ROK DVD.

Darkbeldin

@geep87 Installing 2022 on XCP is not a problem, in your case most probably the issue is with the ISO you are using that is dell server specific imho.

Andrew

@olivierlambert @geep87 Dell ROK is Reseller Option Kit. It's media that's licenced locked to only be installed on that Dell machine.

The installer needs to see the hardware BIOS under XCP/Xen. Dell lists an install process but it seems to be incomplete for Xen.

Try selecting Copy host BIOS strings to VM under the Advanced section during the install.

olivierlambert

Maybe @fohdeesha is aware about those things

fohdeesha

@olivierlambert never done it myself, but this is indeed exactly what the feature "Copy host BIOS strings to VM" was intended for as @Andrew mentioned. Hopefully the BIOS strings this feature copies are enough for the ROK installer to recognize the "authorized" dell hardware