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 an Oracle VirtualBox hypervisor environment.

The VLM has been tested with Oracle VirtualBox 5.1.38.

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

The Oracle VirtualBox environment for the VLM, at minimum, must include:

  • 2 x virtual processors
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 16 GB disk space (sparse recommended - this may grow, depending on usage)

There may be maximum configuration limits imposed by Oracle such as number of virtual CPUs, maximum RAM per VM or Virtual NICs per VM etc. For further details regarding the configuration limits imposed by Oracle, please refer to the relevant Oracle documentation.