If R2 reuses the VMware-supplied video driver, that could be causing the hangs and freezes. Until the vsphere update yesterday which added support for Windows 7 And 2008 R2, the consensus was to not install the video driver with vmware tools.
-Anders On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:58 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I did some upgrades from 2008 to R2 on my ESX infrastructure and I found > the upgraded machines to be a bit flaky....occasional hangs when logging on, > freezing at boot-time, that sort of thing. > > I am going for clean installs now and they seem a lot more stable. Didn't > have time to do any investigation as to the cause. Luckily we only have > seven or eight 2008 machines so it shouldn't be too much trouble to shift > their services to new R2 systems. > > I'll be trying some 64-bit 2003 upgrades soon, if that's possible - haven't > dug too far into it yet. > > 2009/11/23 John Hornbuckle <[email protected]> > > Has anyone done any in-place updates from Server 2008 to 2008 R2? If so, >> what were your experiences? >> >> I've Google'd this and have found less information that I expected. The >> consensus seems to be that it should work if the stars are properly aligned. >> The key is you need to already be running the 64-bit version of 2008; you >> can't jump from 32-bit to 64-bit. >> >> >> >> >> John Hornbuckle >> MIS Department >> Taylor County School District >> 318 North Clark Street >> Perry, FL 32347 >> >> www.taylor.k12.fl.us >> >> >> >> NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written >> communications to or from this entity are public records that will be >> disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications >> may be subject to public disclosure. >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
