topic Re: Hyper-V in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Hyper-V/m-p/30179#M6245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a few restrictions</P><OL><LI>If you are using Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Balance will not work. Customer use these sometimes in Windows Server 2008, but more so in Windows Server 2012.</LI><LI>Balance ships as a VMware virtual appliance, and requires ESX to run. Some Hyper-V only shops deploy an instance of ESXi (free) to run Balance.</LI><LI>Balance shipping as a Hyper-V appliance is on the roadmap, but will be at least a year out.</LI></OL></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:05:43 GMT plauterb 2013-08-30T03:05:43Z Hyper-V https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Hyper-V/m-p/30174#M6243 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi Team, </P><P></P><P>I have a customer asking if they are a Hyper-V only shop, can they use Balance? If not, do </P><P>we have something on the roadmap? </P><P></P><P>thanks,</P><P>Jacint</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:55:01 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Hyper-V/m-p/30174#M6243 jacint 2025-06-05T05:55:01Z Re: Hyper-V https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Hyper-V/m-p/30179#M6245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a few restrictions</P><OL><LI>If you are using Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Balance will not work. Customer use these sometimes in Windows Server 2008, but more so in Windows Server 2012.</LI><LI>Balance ships as a VMware virtual appliance, and requires ESX to run. Some Hyper-V only shops deploy an instance of ESXi (free) to run Balance.</LI><LI>Balance shipping as a Hyper-V appliance is on the roadmap, but will be at least a year out.</LI></OL></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:05:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Hyper-V/m-p/30179#M6245 plauterb 2013-08-30T03:05:43Z