# Factory SQL/PMI on virtual machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Archived Topics\ **Created:** [March 5, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/factory-sql-pmi-on-virtual-machine/8101 "2014-03-05T06:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@DavidM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DavidM)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/factory-sql-pmi-on-virtual-machine/8101/1 "2014-03-05T06:38:42Z")
We are planning to convert an existing Factory SQL/PMI installation from a physical server to virtual to improve reliability and recovery time. Does anyone know of any caveats or gotchas that we should consider prior to doing this ? More info on our installation: We have the following licences: [ul]Factory SQL v4 Factory PMI v3 Reporting Plugin v1 KepserverEx v4.0 Siemens Suite Modicon Suite[/ul] Using MySQL for the database. We have two network interfaces. One for PLCs the other on the corporate side. No serial connections. Thanks in advance for any feedback ![:thumb_left:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/e26afb081ddde6df016df6ee49159cf56aaca688.gif ":thumb\_left:") ---
**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/factory-sql-pmi-on-virtual-machine/8101/2 "2014-05-02T17:26:02Z")
Hi, I imagine that in the few months since you’ve asked this you’ve figured it out, but just for completion, with the components you’ve listed, I don’t think you’d have a problem, except potentially with Kepware. Even there you should be fine, but you would want to check with them… I think they improved VM support somewhere along the way. Regards,