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    <title>topic Re: Maximum vCPU allocation for Windows Server 2008 Enterprise running on vSphere 4 Enterprise (ESXi 4.1 ) in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Matt.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;...on ESXi 4.1 with a vSphere 4 Enterprise licence..&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For vSphere 4 you need an Enterprise Plus license if want to create 8 vCPU VMs, &lt;BR /&gt;In vSphere 5 any license will do...&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;/Rubeck&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:08:11 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Rubeck</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-02-11T07:08:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Maximum vCPU allocation for Windows Server 2008 Enterprise running on vSphere 4 Enterprise (ESXi 4.1 )</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Maximum-vCPU-allocation-for-Windows-Server-2008-Enterprise/m-p/1299866#M117015</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (x64) guest running on ESXi 4.1 with a vSphere 4 Enterprise licence. I believe that both the guest and hypervisor should be licensed for and support 8 virtual CPUs, yet when I add more than 4 and attempt to power on the VM, I get "Power On virtual machine [VM name] &lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;Virtual machine has 8 virtual CPUs, but the host only &lt;/SPAN&gt;supports 4. The number of virtual CPUs may be limited by the guest OS selected for the virtual machine or by the licensing for the host."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The guest OS selected is "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64 bit)". There is no option in the drop-down box for 2008 Enterprise.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is this configuration actually supported? If so, what do I need to do to get it working?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks in advance,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Matt&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>newguise</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-11T03:10:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Maximum vCPU allocation for Windows Server 2008 Enterprise running on vSphere 4 Enterprise (ESXi 4.1 )</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Maximum-vCPU-allocation-for-Windows-Server-2008-Enterprise/m-p/1299867#M117016</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Matt.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;...on ESXi 4.1 with a vSphere 4 Enterprise licence..&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For vSphere 4 you need an Enterprise Plus license if want to create 8 vCPU VMs, &lt;BR /&gt;In vSphere 5 any license will do...&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;/Rubeck&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:08:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Maximum-vCPU-allocation-for-Windows-Server-2008-Enterprise/m-p/1299867#M117016</guid>
      <dc:creator>Rubeck</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-11T07:08:11Z</dc:date>
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