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vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2 posted: Aug 27, 2009 10:55 PM

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counterroot
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Aug 27, 2009

Hello ;)

We've just upgraded to vSphere 4 and now it's Time to configure HA. Server 2008 is supported by http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf.

But what about Server 2008 R2, the most faster and more stable Server?

pmb µatthias

Tags: vsphere, vcenter, esx, 4.0, server_2008_r2

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

1. Aug 27, 2009 11:03 PM in response to: counterroot
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ragarwal
113 posts since
Feb 5, 2009
<Hi,

Welcome to the forum :-)

I think Server 2008 R2 RTM came out just a month back.

VC 4.0 came out in May'09 so it doesn't support Server 2008 R2 yet.

Thanks.

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Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

2. Aug 27, 2009 11:28 PM in response to: ragarwal
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counterroot
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Aug 27, 2009

mh! thx for the quick answer and welcome! :) Does anybody have experience with vCenter 4 @ Server 2k8R2 also if it's not publiced? Server 2k8R2 is faster and ressource-friendly.

pmb µatthias

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

3. Sep 6, 2009 11:22 AM in response to: counterroot
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AndreTheGiant
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Aug 28, 2008
Server 2k8R2 is faster and resource-friendly.

I prefer use Windows 2003 that is more resource-friendly and has a small disk footprint ;)

Andre

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

4. Sep 6, 2009 11:26 AM in response to: AndreTheGiant
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counterroot
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Aug 27, 2009

ay :D thx for the reply :D

µatthias

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

5. Sep 6, 2009 9:34 PM in response to: counterroot
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krowczynski
925 posts since
Mar 8, 2009

Until now W2k8 R2 is not supportes.

So use W2k3 or w2k8 only!

Good luck!

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

6. Sep 7, 2009 12:59 AM in response to: counterroot
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bulletprooffo…
806 posts since
Apr 14, 2009

Win 2008 R2 is not supported for VCentre installations (yet)

I agree with Andre though - 2003 has a smaller footprint and is generally a better solution as a VM.

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

7. Sep 7, 2009 4:29 PM in response to: bulletprooffo…
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GixxerDave
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Sep 7, 2009

We installed VCenter on a Windows 2008 64 Bit Enterprise server. Right now we have 9 Gb of memory which seems high, but it is a 64 bit OS.

Did not use the R2 version...yet

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

8. Sep 15, 2009 6:36 AM in response to: counterroot
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alvinswim
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Feb 13, 2006
its not supported, is the official word, but I have been testing out our upgrade path and so far it seems to work just fine. on 2K8 R2, however I can only report that it works with the core install, meaning I haven't tried all the other parts that come with vSphere server

Re: vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

9. Nov 6, 2009 12:48 AM in response to: alvinswim
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krismcewan
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Jul 12, 2006

although R2 isnt officially supported it does work.

HOWEVER. the client needs tweaking on the server to get it run and I have had issues using converter, whether the converter issue was to do with 2008 r2 or not is being investigated.

And to backup previous comments a basic 2008 R2 install is 20gb BEFORE you put on any other software.

I am rebuilding my VC on 2003 to compair performance and converting

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