• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.7 for Hyper-V
• About this Guide
  • Guide Conventions
• System Requirements
  • Supported Firewalls
  • Additional Firewall Requirements
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Compatibility
  • Minimum Requirements
  • IPFIX Based Licensing Model
  • IPFIX Based Capacity Planning
  • Backup and Recovery Information
  • Importing Firewall Configurations
  • Creating a MySonicWall Account
• Installing On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • Preparing the Windows Server System
  • Creating a Virtual Switch
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • Adding Firewalls to On-Premises Analytics
• Licensing and Registering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics
  • Deregistering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
• Upgrading On-Premises Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics 2.5.7
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
      • [[[Missing Linked File System.LinkedTitle]]]
    • Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format
    • Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version
    • Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics using SWI file
• Migrating Data From Internal to External Disk
  • Preparing the Analytics to Add External Disk
    • Expanding Existing Disk
  • Adding External Disk
  • Migrating the Data To External Disk
• Using the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Console
  • Management Console Operations
    • System Info
    • Storage
    • Network Interfaces
    • Diagnostics
    • NTP Server
    • Reboot | Shutdown
    • About
    • Logs
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring the Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Hardware Compatibility

• SonicWall On-Premises Analytics is supported on x86-64 platforms supporting Hyper-V VM configuration version available in Windows 2022 server with sufficient resources. The section, Minimum Requirements, outlines minimal core, interface, memory, and storage requirements.

• GPT layout is needed for deployments with additional data disk larger than 2TB.

  To identify the type of disk partition:

  • Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box.

  • Type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter.

  • From the list of disks, right-click on the disk you want to check the partition layout for. and click on Properties.

  • Navigate to the Volumes tab.

  • Under Partition style, you will see the type of partition displayed. Either Master Boot Record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table (GPT).