vSphere vCenter on Server 2008 R2

[counterroot]

Hello

We've just upgraded to vSphere 4 and now it's Time to configure HA. Server 2008 is supported by http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf.

But what about Server 2008 R2, the most faster and more stable Server?

pmb µatthias

[admin]

<Hi,

Welcome to the forum

I think Server 2008 R2 RTM came out just a month back.

VC 4.0 came out in May'09 so it doesn't support Server 2008 R2 yet.

Thanks.

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[counterroot]

mh! thx for the quick answer and welcome! Does anybody have experience with vCenter 4 @ Server 2k8R2 also if it's not publiced? Server 2k8R2 is faster and ressource-friendly.

pmb µatthias

[AndreTheGiant]

Server 2k8R2 is faster and resource-friendly.

I prefer use Windows 2003 that is more resource-friendly and has a small disk footprint

Andre

[counterroot]

ay :smileygrin: thx for the reply :smileygrin:

µatthias

[krowczynski]

Until now W2k8 R2 is not supportes.

So use W2k3 or w2k8 only!

Good luck!

[bulletprooffool]

Win 2008 R2 is not supported for VCentre installations (yet)

I agree with Andre though - 2003 has a smaller footprint and is generally a better solution as a VM.

[GixxerDave]

We installed VCenter on a Windows 2008 64 Bit Enterprise server. Right now we have 9 Gb of memory which seems high, but it is a 64 bit OS.

Did not use the R2 version...yet

[alvinswim]

its not supported, is the official word, but I have been testing out our upgrade path and so far it seems to work just fine. on 2K8 R2, however I can only report that it works with the core install, meaning I haven't tried all the other parts that come with vSphere server

[krismcewan]

although R2 isnt officially supported it does work.

HOWEVER. the client needs tweaking on the server to get it run and I have had issues using converter, whether the converter issue was to do with 2008 r2 or not is being investigated.

And to backup previous comments a basic 2008 R2 install is 20gb BEFORE you put on any other software.

I am rebuilding my VC on 2003 to compair performance and converting

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