Dell PowerEdge T100 64bit guest support

[celcat]

Hello all,

My apologies if this is basic but I'm just getting started with virtualization and I've installed VMWare ESXi 4 from disk and connected to it remotely using VSphere. I'm trying to install a guest OS as Windows 2008 64 bit but I keep getting an error saying the system is not 64 bit compatible when it is as it installs fine if I use the normal Windows 2008 disk to install the 64 bit OS. I checked the HCL and it seems to suggest that it should work fine.

Any ideas?

Regards

Chris

[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

If you haven't already, you will need to enable VT in the BIOS. Check kb 1000217 for more information.

Good Luck!

[admin]

Does your CPU have VT-x support? See KB 1003945.

[celcat]

Thanks both. I did enable VT in the BIOS but didn't get chance to try the guest OS again. I'll try tomorrow and review your answers once I know it's working

I appreciate you talking time to respond

Regards

Chris

[admin]

Note that a full power cycle is required after enabling VT-x in the BIOS. See .