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Hello

I have two Dell servers with Windows Server 2016 and I'd like to deploy StarWind HCI Appliance on them to test it and check if it would be a good replacement for our old VxRail cluster.

I signed up for trial version and received email with StarWind Virtual HCI Appliance 30-Day Trial license key and Hyper-V scripts.

According to the email, I should follow steps from https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... r-hyper-v/ to build HCI environment.

My Dell servers are running on Windows Server 2016 and currently I'm stuck on "Install Windows" section of https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... r-hyper-v/

1. Do I need to reinstall these servers with ISO images I downloaded with StarWind Folders.ps1 ? Or can I use the existing Windows Server 2016 installed already on these servers?

2. If I need to reinstall, can I use Windows Server 2016 instead of 2019/2022? I have only Windows Server 2016 OEM license and StarWind Folders.ps1 script does not download 2016 ISO image

3. If I do not need reinstall, what steps should I follow? What script should I run? I tried running "PostInstall.ps1" and "ConfigurationScript.ps1" but they fail with several errors.

Does it mean that Windows 2016 is not supported? Or I need to make reinstall using ISO images downloaded by "StarWind Folders.ps1" script.

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by bdubi78 — Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:09 am

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