The Virtual LoadMaster is a version of the LoadMaster that runs as a virtual machine within a hypervisor and can provide all the features and functions of a hardware-based LoadMaster.

This document describes the installation of the Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) within a Microsoft Hyper-V environment. The VLM has been tested with Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, and Hyper-V 2016.

There are several different versions of the VLM available. Full details of the currently supported versions are available on our website: www.kemptechnologies.com.

The Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine guest environment for the VLM, at minimum, must include:

  • 2 x virtual processors
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 16 GB virtual hard disk capacity
  • At least one Network Interface Card (NIC)

There may be maximum configuration limits imposed by Hyper-V such as maximum RAM per VM, Virtual NICs per VM and so on. For further details regarding the configuration limits imposed by Microsoft Hyper-V, please refer to the relevant Microsoft Hyper-V documentation.