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dcordina
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vmware esxi 4 and nehalem xeon processors

Hi,

We just bought a new blade with two nehalem processors. I installed esxi 4 and created a new virtual machine to host 2008r2 64bit. When I started the installation an error stated there are no 64-bit compatible processors. Please help. Even when do you think vmware will fully support 2008r2?

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DSTAVERT
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You will need to enable Vitualization support in the BIOS. Update ESXi to update 1 with the Host update utility for 2008 R2 / Windows 7 support. Download and install the new Client.

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DSTAVERT
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You will probably need to do a full power off after enabling VT in the BIOS.

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lowburb
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Is there a new VSphere Client that supports being installed on Windows 7? (I'm asking because you suggested downloading and installing the new Client)

Just a simple user trying to help and learn
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DSTAVERT
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Update 1 was released a few days ago. It does support 2008 R2. The client has updated support as well

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AndreTheGiant
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As written before Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are now fully supported with U1.

See also:

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf

Andre

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dcordina
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Sorry for my lack of knowledge but you are referring to the physical blade bios or the esxi?

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DSTAVERT
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The blade BIOS

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dcordina
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I did install the update and now I see that windows 2008 r2 and windows 7 are not in experimental mode but fully supported. BUT vmware is not recognising the cpus (nehalem 5520) as 64bits as when I try to install 2008r2 it states that no these cpus are not 64bit compatible

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DSTAVERT
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Did you enable Hardware Virtualization in the Blade BIOS? Once you have virtualization in the BIOS enabled you will need to power the blade OFF and then back on.

-- David -- VMware Communities Moderator
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