Is it possible to install ISE in attached USB drive?

[Davidospf]

Hi I need to install ISE in attached USB drive because the drive c is not big enough. vmware workstation is used as platform in my drive c. but during i install the ISE and let ISE install in the USB drive(500G), I got error message, which tells the installation cannot be in the USB. Is it possible to install ISE in attached USB drive? Thank you

[Marvin Rhoads]

ISE is not supported on VMware workstation, only on ESXi (with regard to VMware). Here are the current supported VMware platforms:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/2-7/InstallGuide27/b_ise_InstallationGuide27/b_ise_InstallationGuide27_chapter_01.html#vmwarevmrequirements

[Davidospf]

ISE in my vmware workstation can work in drive c or d, maybe it is earlier version. 

If i move it to ESX, all past config can keep the same?

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

You may be able to get things to work in an unsupported platform but they may break unexpectedly or work in inconsistent ways - as you are experiencing.

If you have a working ISE configuration, you should be able to perform a backup and restore it to another deployment as long as the version is compatible.