Microsoft Virtual server will run your VHD. Have you placed a call into Dell to see if you can run the Hyper-V? I know I have had to turn on the VT technology in the BIOS on every machine I have touched from Dell. Why they don't turn it on by default is beyond me but that is just me.
I have also run into a case with them saying yes but.. for the Dell PE 1950's (I think) with there being 2 differnet system boards one that did support Hyper-V the other did not. Pain in the rear to get them to tell me if the machine I had would or would not. Once I got that figured out I found they would not sell the system board that would support Hyper-V even though they admitted to having them. Jon On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:03 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Back story: As I have discussed here earlier, I have a client that I was > going to effectively P2V a server onto itself, and one tool I was pointed at > was DISK2VHD…in tests I managed to get everything to look good, the DISK2VHD > system worked fine on a different Hyper-V host, but what I couldn’t test was > Hyper-V on the system itself before blowing away the existing 2K3 OS. > > > > Here’s my oops: Back in April I contacted Dell and asked “hey can this S/N > PowerEdge run 2008 R2?”. They replied “yep, just update the firmware”. Last > Friday I flatten the machine, install 2008 R2 with no issues, but when I got > to add the Hyper-V role….the CPU does not support it, DAMN ME! What I did > was ASSumed that being able to run 2008 R2 also meant it could run Hyper-V, > but it can’t...(insert forehead slapping “DUH” icon here). In my head I had > asked them about Hyper-V but looking back at my e-mails I only asked about > R2 and not Hyper-V. Anyone here do something like that, and how did you > remedy it? > > > > I had been prepared for almost anything - including this - so the client is > operating fine but I didn’t gain the 2nd Hyper-V host server I was hoping > for. They DO have another server that is Hyper-V capable but I’m not about > to ask them to fork out $700 more for ANOTHER 2008 Server OS, so I am seeing > if I can find it cheap (and legally) somewhere and out-of-pocket it. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
