Installing the Endurance Software

Installing the FTvirtual Server Boot Disk on a Physical Disk

On CoServer 2:

The disk for the FTvirtual Server software must be Basic and formatted to use the NTFS file system.

1.Right-clickMy Computer, then select Manage Computer Manage-

ment Storage and then Disk Management. Make sure Disk 1 is basic, not dynamic.

2.If the partition is not basic, right click and select Revert to Basic.Right- click on unallocated Disk 1, and use the wizard that creates partitions to create the FTvirtual Server boot drive.

Select Primary partition.

Specify the partition size.

Assign a drive letter. Record this drive letter for later use during FTvirtual Server installation.

Format the partition using NTFS.

Rename the drive (volume label) FTv boot drive.

3.Mark the drive active.

If you plan to use additional disks for applications, make sure that they are designated Basic and not Dynamic.

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