Installation of VCenter 2.5 U3 on 64-bit system

[markus_herbert]

I'm trying to install Virtual Center 2.5.0 U3 on a Windows 2003 std. R2 64-bit system.

I have also installed netfx64.exe.

When I start the installation I will get the following error:

The following components can not be installed on this operating system:

VMware Virtual Center Server

VMware Update Manager

I'm only able to install the Virtual Infratructure Client and the Converter Enterprise.

Can anyone help me about this issue?

[mal_michael]

VirtualCenter 2.x installation is not supported on 64‐bit operating systems.

from ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

[depping]

although it isn't supported, it is possible: http://ictfreak.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/how-to-run-the-new-vi-client-on-windows-x64/

I wouldn't recommend it though.

Duncan

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[IRIX201110141]

vCenter != VI Client

The supportet combination can be found in VMware Infrastructure Compatibility Matrixes (on the last pages).

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Joerg

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[Craig_Baltzer]

The article references an old "hack" to get the VI Client from 3.5 (w/no updates) mostly running on 64-bit Windows (it always had a few issues with hanging, etc.). Update 1 and later have full 64 bit support so you no longer needed the "hack"

This is something different than trying to install VC itself on 64 bit Windows...

Craig

[markus_herbert]

I found that compatibility matrix. But I think this table on page 11 isn't actual.

Because the table say NO to VI-Client on Windows 2003 64-bit but with U3 there's no problem to install it on the 64-bit OS.

What I do not understand is for Virtual Center the row "Image Cust." which was said YES to 64-bit Windows 2003 OS?

So can anyone explain me that?

Does anyone knows, if VMware is working on 64-bit support for Virtual Center Server component and Virtual Update Manager on 64-bit Windows 2003 OS?

Thanks for any reply.

[Craig_Baltzer]

I think you're right Markus that the doc is out of date on page 11; VI Client 2.5u1 or later definitely supports 64 bit Windows (KB 1004093 confirms it).

The "Image Cust" column means that image customization is supported for the OS version. Windows 2003 64-bit says "Yes", so it means that you could create a customization specification and then apply it when you deployed a new Windows 2003 64 bit VM from a template (assuming you had put the 64 bit version of the sysprep files in the right location on the VC server, etc.).

At VMWorld they announced a port of Virtual Center to Linux, however I don't recall them mentioning anything about 64 bit Windows support (though you'd think it would be something that was being worked on along with support for running it on Windows 2008)...

[IRIX201110141]

I think the column "Image Cust" means the ability of perform the customizing of the OS in a VM when you deploy one from a template or when cloning.

Regards

Joerg

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