Vcenter5.0 supports Intel Core i7-2630QM processor?

[kskprasad1]

I am trying to install vcenter5 on windows 2003 sp2 which is a VM on Workstation8.

My Processor is Intel Core i7-2630QM processor, when i try top install vcenter5 on

windows 2003 sp2 which is a VM on Workstation8 i am getting an error meassage

saying this package doesn't support the processor.

Can any tell is there any setting in workstation8 need to be changed to install vcenter5.

[vmroyale]

Hello.

That proc should be fine. Are you using 64-bit Windows 2003 SP2?

Good Luck!

[kskprasad1]

Yes.. I am

[vmroyale]

How many vCPUs in the 2003 guest?

[kskprasad1]

I have used 2 virtaual processors with 2 cores, still it didn't worked.

Now i tried installing in Windows 2008 server, it got installed.

Why vmware vcenter5 is suporting win server 2008 only,

what if some one is using win xp for vcenter4.1 previoulsy and want to upgrade to vcenter 5.

Should they need to build the vcenter from scratch ? how to upgrade the old vcenter in this condition?

[Troy_Clavell]

below are the supported Host OS's for vCenter 5

Partner Name	OS Release	Bits	OS Use	Supported Releases
Microsoft	Windows Server 2003  R2	64	Host OS	vCenter Server 5.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2003  Service Pack 2	64	Host OS	vCenter Server 5.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008  R2	64	Host OS	vCenter Server 5.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008  R2 Service Pack 1	64	Host OS	vCenter Server 5.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008  Service Pack 1	64	Host OS	vCenter Server 5.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008  Service Pack 2	64	Host OS	vCenter Server 5.0

[joshgray]

kskprasad1 wrote:

I have used 2 virtaual processors with 2 cores, still it didn't worked.

Now i tried installing in Windows 2008 server, it got installed.

Why vmware vcenter5 is suporting win server 2008 only,

what if some one is using win xp for vcenter4.1 previoulsy and want to upgrade to vcenter 5.

Should they need to build the vcenter from scratch ? how to upgrade the old vcenter in this condition?

Correct, you would need to migrate away from Windows XP, and any 32bit OS to use 4.0 or newer.   The "Data migration tool" may be of use in this case:  http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021635