IMPORTANT:NetWare 6.5 SP8 has been modified to run in paravirtual mode on a Xen virtual machine. Running NetWare in fully virtualized mode on a Xen host server or on a KVM host server is not supported.
You can install NetWare as a virtual machine guest (VM guest) operating system on the following servers:
A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP4 Linux server
See Setting Up a Virtual Machine Host
in the Virtualization with Xen guide.
An OES 2015 SP1 server that has been set up as a Xen-based host server
For general information on the Xen virtualization technology in SLES 11 SP4, see the Virtualization with Xen guide.
NOTE:To get started with third-party virtualization platforms, such as Hyper-V from Microsoft and the different VMware product offerings, refer to the documentation for the product that you are using.
This section documents the system requirements, installation instructions, upgrade and migration instructions, and issues associated with setting up NetWare on a Xen-based virtual machine.