If you have Trusted Execution enabled in BIOS, this might be part of the issue.
The Notes section of the article below mentions this. I also had to disable Trusted Execution when I was trying out Windows VirtualPC. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US <http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di splayKC&externalId=1003944> &cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003944 -Mike From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Philip Brothwell Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware The two machines I have running vmware are not servers and are not on the compatibility list so I am not surprised that I have problems. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:47 PM, 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/> ~
