ESX 3.5 under ESX 4.1

[houghtp]

Hi

I'm trying to run an ESX 3.5 VM under 4.1. I've got it installed and booted ok but the networking doesn't seem to work. The VM is using e1000 nic and i know network setup is correct because if i install ESXi4.1 into same VM with same config (ie same IP) I can ping it ok. I've set vSwitch to promiscuous mode which i think used to be a requirement but it made no difference. i've searched forums and web but can't find anythign direclty related to this.

Is there anything additional required to get this working?

thanks

[petedr]

I haven't tried on vSphere but xtravirt has a whitepaper on installing on Workstation.

http://xtravirt.com/xd10004

www.phdvirtual.com, makers of PHD Virtual Backup for Vmware and Xen Server, formally esXpress

[petedr]

I just came across this blog post explaining how to run ESX on vSphere.

http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmware-esx-4-can-even-virtualize-itself/

www.phdvirtual.com, makers of PHD Virtual Backup for Vmware and Xen Server, formally esXpress