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mark_r_199323
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Apr 27, 2015

Use LineRate in Dev environment in Parallels

Hi, I am working in an environment that uses an F5 load balancer in production, and would like something that is software based that I can set up in my dev environment (currently all actual workstati...
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Johnny_Schmidt_
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May 29, 2015

Hi Mark and Mark :)

 

So today I went and decided to install LineRate on VirtualBox, and it turns out Mark T's guide also works there. The serial port is the trick, but in the VirtualBox case the OVA image fails to start due to VirtualBox not recognizing the scsi controller specified in the OVF spec within the OVA.

 

My installation from ISO worked without issue, although I had some issues licensing once the install was complete and the system was running. I'll look in to this and see if I can find out why.