Software Compatibility

Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 can be installed on a dedicated server running a fresh installation of the following versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003:

• 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2003:
  • Standard or Enterprise Edition of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 with or without R2: US English, German, French, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, or Japanese;
  • Standard or Enterprise Edition of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 with or without R2: US English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, or Japanese;
  • Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 with or without R2 (US English);
  • Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 with or without R2 (US English);
• x86-64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003:
  • Standard or Enterprise Edition of Windows Server 2003 x64 Service Pack 1 with or without R2 (US English or Japanese);
  • Standard or Enterprise Edition of Windows Server 2003 x64 Service Pack 2 with or without R2 (US English or Japanese);
  • Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2003 x64 Datacenter Edition Service Pack 1 with or without R2 (US English);
  • Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2003 x64 Datacenter Edition Service Pack 2 with or without R2 (US English);
  • Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2003 x64 with Service Pack 2 (Japanese);
• IA64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003:
  • Standard or Enterprise Edition of Windows Server 2003 IA64 with Service Pack 2 (US English, German, French, or Japanese);
• 32-bit English version of Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

  Note: To install the Windows SBS SP1 operating system on your server, you should use only CD 1 from your distribution kit. In all other aspects, the process of installing and configuring the Virtuozzo Containers software does not differ from deploying the Virtuozzo Containers software on Nodes with Windows Server 2003.

Before installing Virtuozzo Containers 4.0, you should also make sure of the following:

• The Windows Server 2003 OS installation is activated.
• The Windows Server 2003 distribution kit is not patched, i.e. all the binaries inside the distribution kit are in their original state as they are supplied by Microsoft Corporation.

Notes: 1. During the Virtuozzo Containers installation, you may be presented with a warning message informing you that some Windows Server 2003 updates installed on your server are not compatible with Virtuozzo Containers 4.0. In this case you need to uninstall these updates from the server (e.g. using the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel) and start the Virtuozzo Containers installation anew. You will be able to install all the necessary Windows Server 2003 updates on your Hardware Node after the Virtuozzo Containers installation.

2. After installing Virtuozzo Containers 4.0, do not remove any of the standard Windows components from the Hardware Node (e.g. Internet Information Services). Deleting an installed component might cause the corresponding application inside your Containers to malfunction. You can disable the unnecessary Windows components on the Node instead.

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