Sean, That looks like it will do. I guess I'll be pestering sellers for CPU details until I find what I'm looking for.
Thanks everyone! Phil On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're looking at a box with an Intel Proc, review this: > http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx > > If you're looking at AMD, review this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_64_microprocessors > > - Sean > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Damien Solodow < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I’d check the VMware guide to see if the server/cpu is supported for ESX >> 4. ESX4 is itself 64-bit so if the hardware supports it, odds are really >> good it will support 64-bit guests. >> >> What are your current servers? >> >> >> >> *From:* Philip Brothwell [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:41 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware >> >> >> >> Correct. CPU and BIOS have to support it. I was hoping someone had some >> tips on figuring this out BEFORE buying that shiny server off of eBay. >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Richard Stovall < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> IIRC you have to enable hardware virtualization in the BIOS. If your CPU >> doesn’t do that I think you’re out of luck. >> >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Hardware_support >> >> >> >> *From:* Damien Solodow [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:30 PM >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> >> *Subject:* Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware >> >> >> >> VMware has a cpu check util on their site. However, there are certain BIOS >> setting requirements as well which might be your current problem. >> They have a support doc on running 64 bit guests that says what is >> required. >> -------------------------- >> Sent using BlackBerry >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From*: Philip Brothwell <[email protected]> >> *To*: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> *Sent*: Wed Dec 30 13:26:14 2009 >> *Subject*: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware >> >> Hi, >> >> Anyone know of a easy way to tell if a computer will be able to run a 64 >> bit guest in Vmware? I have two 64 bit machines in my home lab, one running >> ESXi and one running Vmware Server. Neither will run a 64 guest so I'm >> looking to upgrade to do some testing with 2008 R2. Any ideas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
