Vcentre Intallation OS Quesiton

[samuk]

Hi,

Can i install the current version of Virtual Centre on a Windows XP pro 64bit machine?

Thanks

[benma]

No, its not supported.

For more infos see ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide

[java_cat33 · Accepted solution]

No - vCenter 4.0 is not supported on Windows XP Pro x64

[samuk]

Thanks guys,

I spoke to Microsoft who said if i have a 64bit licence i can use it to install the 32bit version of XP pro..as this is supported with VC.

[Troy_Clavell]

Can I ask why you want to use XP? Do you not have any Server Licenses? Remember vCenter can run as a VM if it's just a hardware issue.

Since Windows XP SP2 is only supported, you may be limiting yourself......but just my two cents.

[samuk]

The customer has two ESXi hosts, each having one virtual Server installed.

The customer is new to Vmware , and had to purchase tow Windwos 2008 licences - as they are not very big at present however in a year are hoping to expand.

The wanted to use Veeam Backup to take snapshot backups - however Veeam do not allow this on Vmware's request - the customer ended up buying the Essentials bundle for ESXi and then the Veeam software.

They have already got a licence for XP Pro - however no real requirements for Virtual Center at present - only Snapshot backups.