Skip to content
The XG Series hardware appliances will reach end-of-life (EOL) on March 31, 2025. Click here to see the XG to XGS migration documentation.

Page permalink

Always use the following permalink when referencing this page. It will remain unchanged in future help versions.

https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/21.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html?contextId=virtual-Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V

You can deploy the Sophos Firewall virtual appliance on the Microsoft Hyper-V platform.

Requirements

Check the vendor documentation to make sure you deploy your virtual firewall using a current, supported platform, operating system, and management tool.

The requirements are as follows:

  • Install Microsoft Hyper-V Server on a server that meets the minimum system requirements.
  • Install Hyper-V Manager (Hyper-V management software) on a management device with network access to the server. See Hyper-V Manager.

System requirements

Sophos Firewall goes into fail-safe mode if you don't meet the minimum requirements.

The system requirements are as follows:

Hardware Specification
vCPU 1
vRAM 4 GB minimum
vNIC 2
Primary disk 16 GB minimum
Report disk 80 GB minimum

Licensing and resources

Configure the vCPU and vRAM based on the purchased license. Don't exceed the maximum number of vCPUs and vRAM specified in the license.

When you increase the vCPU and vRAM for virtual appliances, we recommend also increasing the size of the report disk to support additional log entries.

Backup and restore

We don't support firewall backups created using a virtual platform vendor's backup tools. See Backup and restore cloud and virtual firewalls.