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@Karl-WE Karl-WE commented Sep 2, 2025

  1. consolidating virtual disks which was partly 6 and partly 4.

  2. the new requirements allow deployments with only 2 disks.

  3. Changes to network adapters so that the EnvironmentChecker will not fail.

  4. Raising RAM requirements to comply with new system requirements for Azure Local configurator app.

1. consolidating virtual disks which was partly 6 and partly 4.

2. the new requirements allow deployments with only 2 disks.
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@Karl-WE Karl-WE changed the title Update deployment-virtual.md Update deployment-virtual.md - adjust system requirements Sep 2, 2025
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rename Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local (even though the OS is not renamed but it is so confusing)
corrected information about number of disks as I forgot to mention and count OS disk in previous PR.
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Karl-WE commented Sep 22, 2025

Hi @alkohli any news on this?

Bold text,because validation will fail when not set. The idea was that it's only necessary on adapters when teamed but that's not the case.
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| Virtual machine (VM) type | Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled. |
| vCPUs | Four cores. |
| Memory | A minimum of 24 GB. |
| Memory | A minimum of 32 GB. |
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To comply with latest HW requirements as per docs
AzL configurator app will hardcheck for 32 GB.

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Renamed Azure Local OS back to Azure Stack HCI. (search and replace error)

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Changed note for support statement

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title: Deploy a virtual Azure Local, version 23H2 system
title: Deploy a virtual Azure Local, version 23H2 / 24H2 system
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@Karl-WE - should we say Deploy a virtual Azure Local, version 23H2 and 24H2 system?

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Aslong it lasts. Good idea.

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>Microsoft Support doesn't support virtual deployments.
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@Karl-WE - add space between > on both lines

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1. Enable MAC spoofing *on all network adapters* on VM `Node1`. MAC address spoofing is a technique that allows a network adapter to masquerade as another by changing its Media Access Control (MAC) address.
In addition we need to enable teaming *on all network adapters*, because NetworkATC will team vNICs for the management / compute intent, and depending on the configuration (storage switched) aswell on the storage vNICs.
This is required in scenarios where you're planning to use nested virtualization:
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@Karl-WE - a suggested rewrite:

  1. Enable MAC address spoofing and teaming on all network adapters on VM Node1 if you plan to use nested virtualization.
  • MAC address spoofing lets a network adapter appear as another by changing its Media Access Control (MAC) address.

  • NetworkATC teams vNICs for management and compute intent, and, depending on the configuration, for storage vNICs.

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1. Create extra drives to be used as the boot disk and hard disks for Storage Spaces Direct. After these commands are executed, six new VHDXs will be created in the `C:\vms\Node1` directory as shown in this example:
1. Create extra drives to be used as one for boot disk and two hard disks for Storage Spaces Direct. After these commands are executed, three new VHDXs will be created in the `C:\vms\Node1` directory as shown in this example:
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@Karl-WE - suggested rewrite:

Create extra drives to be used as one for the boot disk and two hard disks for Storage Spaces Direct.

  • After you run these commands, as shown in the example, three new VHDXs appear in the C:\vms\Node1 directory.

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Hi @Karl-WE - Great work! Here's my feedback.

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