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In this video I will show you how to install Synology NAS on VMWare hypervisor
First you need XPEnology
I will put the download link in the description of the video
XPenology will emulate Synology hardware
You will get a compressed file please unzip it
There are many versions for you to choose, in this video I choose DS3617xs to download
To create a virtual machine you need to convert the img file to a vmdk file, so you need the utility that is V2V Converter of StarWind
You are asked to enter personal information, then you will receive an email with a download link for the software
After installing the software you convert the file from img to vmdk
I will put the download link for this software in the description
You follow the steps like I am doing to get the vmdk file
And here is the result file we've been waiting for
After you have obtained the boot file with the extension vmdk, you create a new virtual machine with the VMWare hypervisor.
You create a new virtual machine with the Custom option
You choose the operating system is Linux
Next you name your virtual machine, here I name it Synology
Network setup is very important, you set up the network as a bridge to connect directly to your network
You choose the disk type is SATA
This step you choose to use the existing disk and what is it
That's the file you just created from the previous step, it's the file synoboot.vmdk
This file is the result of your conversion from synoboot.img to synoboot.vmdk
Next you set up the bridge network for your virtual machine and choose the right network card for your computer
If your computer has more than one network card, choose accordingly
With a NAS device will need many hard drives to store data so I add two hard drives for the Synology virtual machine
I add a 100GB hard drive for the virtual machine, the hard drive type is SATA
So the virtual machine has a new hard drive, next I create another 100GB hard drive to configure RAID 1 for Synology NAS
Hard drive type is SATA
Now turn on the virtual machine and see what happens
A black screen with white text appears and you see the path to find your virtual Synology NAS
You open any browser and enter the path find.synology.com to find your virtual NAS device
If you can't find it, download synology's assistant software
It will take a few searches to find the Synology NAS so please be patient
So with the help of the software I found my virtual Synology device
Next is to install the operating system for Synology
You go to the Synology homepage and download the required operating system
You choose ds3617xs in the list of Synology products
Next you choose the operating system version that is 6.2
You choose the operating system corresponding to your synoboot file, otherwise the virtual machine will not work
You will receive a file with the extension pat
With the file obtained you continue to install your virtual NAS device by uploading the file with the extension pat
It will take about 5 to 10 minutes to install the operating system for Synology NAS
Next you name and create an admin account
With this NAS virtual machine you cannot update to newer OS versions
And here is the virtual Synology NAS we've been waiting for
The first thing to do is to assign a static ip address to the Synology NAS
Next configure the storage like any other Synology NAS
Because there are only two hard drives, I set up RAID 1
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