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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx</a> - and the answer is no.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/intro_supguest_ws.html" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/intro_supguest_ws.html</a>&nbsp;- under VMWare, the answer is still no (but you stand more chance on VMWare).<br />
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx] - and the answer is no.

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/intro_supguest_ws.html [http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/intro_supguest_ws.html] - under VMWare, the answer is still no (but you stand more chance on VMWare).



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forgot to add...of course, Netware 3 is not officially supported by Microsoft or VMWare. &nbsp;There is every chance that it will work, but if you have problems you will struggle to get support from either of them.
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forgot to add...of course, Netware 3 is not officially supported by Microsoft or VMWare.  There is every chance that it will work, but if you have problems you will struggle to get support from either of them.

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Thanks for the quick reply.<br />
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Even though it's unsupported, is there any way to make it happen anyway? 
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Thanks for the quick reply.

Even though it's unsupported, is there any way to make it happen anyway?

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Thank you both for the suggestions. &nbsp;That at least gives me so ideas to think about.<br />
I hope I did the point split correctly!
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Thank you both for the suggestions.  That at least gives me so ideas to think about.
I hope I did the point split correctly!

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We are running a Netware 3.11 server for a legacy app which can not be moved to Windows. &nbsp;As you can imagine, the hardware is getting pretty old. &nbsp;Rather than replacing the hardware, would it be doable to run Netware 3.11 on Microsoft Hyper-V?
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We are running a Netware 3.11 server for a legacy app which can not be moved to Windows.  As you can imagine, the hardware is getting pretty old.  Rather than replacing the hardware, would it be doable to run Netware 3.11 on Microsoft Hyper-V?

Netware 3.11 Virtualization

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

NetWare is a computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) network protocol. It is hardware-independent, running on any suitable Intel-based PC compatible system, and a wide range of network cards. Products inclue NetWare Directory Services (NDS), a global directory service similar to Microsoft's Active Directory; GroupWise, an email system; ZENworks, an application configuration suite; and BorderManager, a security product. Open Enterprise Server, the current iteration, runs on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.