Good to know. Do the tools not run properly in WoW64 or is it that they aren't "officially supported"?
Jeff On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > We occasionally run in to some “support” issues on 64bit stuff. And some > vendors **cough**oracle*cough* seem to have a hard time getting many of > their support tools updated to run and be supported in WoW64 L > > > > But I think we’ve only built one 32bit VM in the last couple of years… > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:00 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows x64 under ESX > > > > We have a couple of templates set up to quickly create Win 2003 VMs > (Standard or Enterprise). It occurred to me, is there any reason to use the > 32bit flavor any more? We're still on ESX 3.5, which supports 64bit. Are > there any downsides I haven't considered? Drivers shouldn't be an issue on > a VM, and I'm not aware of any application compatibility issues. > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
