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adamadamadam
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Does vCenter Support 32bit Address Extension?

Hi

Im installing vCenter on a 32bit Windows 2008 server with 4GB of RAM.

We intend to add more memory shortly.

Does vCenter support 32bit address extension, are there any known issues?

Thanks

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Troy_Clavell
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x86 is not an identification for 32bit, that is a hardware platform.  See release notes

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esx41_vc41_rel_notes.html

vCenter Server 4.1 supports installation on Windows 64-bit platforms  only. If you have VMware VirtualCenter 2.x installed, see the vSphere Upgrade Guide for instructions on installing vCenter Server on a 64-bit operating system and preserving your VirtualCenter database.

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Troy_Clavell
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keep in mind, vCenter 4.1 is 64bit and only supports a 64bit OS.  Even if you aren't on 4.1, you should consider going to 64bit, which will make it a lot easier to upgrade to 4.1

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adamadamadam
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Really?

But it does run on 32bit:

Processor – 2 CPUs 2.0GHz or higher Intel or AMD x86 processors. Processor may be higher if the database runs on the same machine.

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x86 is not an identification for 32bit, that is a hardware platform.  See release notes

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esx41_vc41_rel_notes.html

vCenter Server 4.1 supports installation on Windows 64-bit platforms  only. If you have VMware VirtualCenter 2.x installed, see the vSphere Upgrade Guide for instructions on installing vCenter Server on a 64-bit operating system and preserving your VirtualCenter database.

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adamadamadam
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Thank you Troy.

Thats clears it up for me.

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