Is DeltaV 12 supported on Windows 7 Enterprise?
I thought only Professional is supported, this is confirmed in the release notes, but I saw virtual machines deployed with Windows 7 Enterprise, for example also in this presentation, at 7:15: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWRbtoLkxSE.
So is it supported as long as it's virtual? But only for development/simulation? What about in production systems?
According to the DeltaV Virtualization Planning and Installation Guide ( D800061X042). Windows 7 Enterprise is not only supported but provided as an option for templates with DeltaV already installed (11317ENTSP1, 12317ENTSP1 for 11.3.1 and 12.3.1 respectively).
www3.emersonprocess.com/.../DeltaV_Virtualization_Planning_and_Installation_Guide.pdf
There are some caveats about this OS, so read the guide thoroughly.
To answer your question, yes the only mention of Windows 7 Enterprise is in regards to virtualized workstations, production and simulation environment, and not physical workstations.
In reply to Youssef.El-Bahtimy:
The Virtual Machine Images with windows 7 Enterprise are provided as 64 Bit OS. The Release notes indicates that only Windows 7 Professional is supported for physical workstations. It is available for 32 Bit or 64 bit, but the compatibility chart specifies certain models for each OS.
The main reason is that Emerson fully tests the supported hardware with the OS and DeltaV software. They want to make sure there are no surprises introduced by device drivers and combinations of hardware and software, and that they can reproduce an issue by having the same hardware software combinations. During install, DeltaV checks the OS and will not install if it is not recognized as supported. Now that we see Enterprise edition in the VM's, one might be able to install this version, but it would not be supported as it is not listed in the release notes.
Also, Emerson provided Workstations come with OEM licensing for the OS. You would not be able to order a Workstation from Emerson with Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit OS licensing.
In the virtualization environment, you must provide the OS activation license and this is expected to come either via a VDA subscription or from your Microsoft corporate license. The VM Templates will not ship until proof of the Client OS licensing is provided. Thin Client stations require VDA licensing to cover the RDP access to Windows Desktops. The WYSE thin clients come with OEM licensing of their local windows OS, but the RDP access to a Windows 7 VM requires VDA licensing. The cool thing is the VDA license comes with Windows 7 OS licensing you can apply to the Windows VM.
So based on the Release notes, and the fact you get OEM licensing on the DeltaV workstations from Emerson, you would have to purchase an unsupported workstation and externally license it to get Windows 7 Enterprise, and assuming you were able to install DeltaV on it, it would be an unsupported platform. Not something I'd be shooting for on a production system.
For a DeltaV Standalone, I'd encourage getting DeltaV on a Stick, which runs with Virtual PC, and can be run on your Windows 7 Enterprise laptop or workstation. If you are setting up a larger development system, I suggest going virtual all the way.
Andre Dicaire
Maybe it was necessary to use Enterprise for 2-and 4-screen VIRTUAL operator stations, because Windows 7 Pro does not have true multimonitor support over RDP (en.wikipedia.org/.../Windows_7_editions).
Licensing is also different, that could also play a role. Anyway, it seems to be supported for virtual stations only. But I think technically you can install DeltaV. I vaguely remember trying to install 11.3.1 on Windows 7 Enterprise and it gave an error saying that this edition is not supported. I think version 12 would not have anything against it, even though apparently it won't be supported.
In reply to István Orbán:
DeltaV will still not install on a Windows 7 Enterprise OS version in v12.3 or 12.3.1 unless it is a virtual workstation. In addition we only support installation on our Windows Embedded licensed computers and this in Windows 7 professional. And yes we support Enterprise on virtual workstations only to get the multi-monitor support.