Running a Server 2008 R2 VM on ESXi 4

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• Virtual run Win Server 2008, Enterprise Edition on ESXI 4

  Hi all

  I have MS Windows 2008 Enterprise Server that allows up to 4 Windows servers to run as VMs using the same VM license key. Can I run the server of Windows 4 VM on ESXi 4 platform using the same VM license key? I think that if MS allows the VM 4 of to run on their Hyper V Server 2008 then I am able to run the VM on ESXi 4, using the license key a VM.

  Thanks in advance.

  VinnyP

  I think that it's evolving especially with Hyper-V now.  I think that there are some differences between people licenses but I'm the last Q / A on the virtual FAQ which is -

  Q. Windows Server 2008 virtualization licensing fees apply when used with non-Microsoft software virtualization technologies?

  A. Yes. Usage rights apply regardless of the virtualization product used. However, other than Microsoft software virtualization technologies are not supported by Microsoft. For more information about support policies, please see the following articles of the basis of knowledge Microsoft (KB):

  I take that to mean licensing concepts apply whether you're running Hyper-V, ESX, Virtual PC or work/VM Workstation Server

  Who knows with Microsoft, however, their reasoning is completely stupid and obviously tax based without thinking about anything through.

  -Kyle

  «"RParker wrote: I guess I was mistaken, everything CAN be virtualized"»

• WD Sentinel DX4000 is able to backup of servers running Windows Server 2008 R2?

  Community of Microsoft of Hello, I have the following problem:

  (1) I bought a 4 TB external hard drive to back up the servers running Windows Server 2008 R2

  (2) in order to back up servers in the external hard drive, I used the windows backup tool server

  (3) but the backup does not work and windows tool has shown a message output problem I / O

  (4) seeking to this topic, read xxxx

  (5) then went on the western digital site to check any storage which can back up servers

  (6) located the WD Sentinel DX4000 (http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdus/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/categoryID.59243300/subCategory.59245600/parid.59193300/catid.59243100)

  (7) but before I buy, I want to assure you that I will be able to connect the WD Sentinel DX4000 on servers and perform the backup or backup windows or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials tool that comes in WD own Sentinel DX4000

  (9) also asked the technicians at Microsoft, but he could not answer with certainty.

  So I turn to Microsoft community to see if someone is using the WD Sentinel DX4000 to back up servers with windows 2008 R2 server successfully.

  Already, thank you for your attention.

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site (for consumers) and to be sure, you get the best (and fastest) reply, we have to ask either on Technet (for IT Pro) or MSDN (for developers)
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• Remote access client 2.0.1 for Mac OS 10.4.11 connection to the remote server running Windows Server 2008 R2

  I have a mac with OS 10.4.11 and I try to access a remote server running Windows Server 2008 R2.  I have installed, uninstall and reinstall the Client of remote access for Mac 2.0.1 but I can not connect.  My network administrator tells me that Mac OS 10.4.11 is so old and useless that I am better just throw my computer and buy a new one in order to solve the problem.  This is absurd.  Can you help me?

  Hi Benjamin Spicer,.

  Your question is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for Windows Server on TechNet. Please post your question in the Forums TechNet Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Server Services).

• Giving acccess share on a server running Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition

  I want to share a folder on a server running Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition by giving full access to the Group and the other group should be stopped by deleting files in the folder but should be able to change, to add to all files

  Hello

  The question you have posted is related to Windows Server 2008 and will be well suited in the Windows Server 2008 forums. Click on the link below.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/category/WindowsServer/

  Thanks and regards.

  Thahaseena M
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• I have an internal modem on my pc that is running windows server 2008, and I want to make a connection. Not a connection to an Internet service provider

  Hello

  I have an internal modem on my pc that is running windows server 2008, and I want to make a connection. Not a connection to an ISP, but to a mac. I want to transfer data via phone ports, have two computers without being connected to the outside world.

  Thank you

  Hello

  Post your question in the TechNet Server Forums, as your question kindly is beyond the scope of these Forums.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/WindowsServer/en-us/home?category=WindowsServer

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• PERC 6 / i driver 2.24.0.64 PowerEdge 2900 running Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

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  http://downloads.Dell.com/FOLDER89865M/6/DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A03_R210510.exe

• Windows Server 2008 R2 installs on ESXi 4

  I have a setup of ESX4 full blown at the headquarters, but we have an ESXi 4 just put us in a remote desktop (thanks to win a bunch of servers because of virtualization in the first place).

  This remote ESXi 4.0 server is for D.R. tests really, but I wanted to test the new DFS on Server 2008 R2 / branch Cache and all that jazz between the two sites.

  The problem is that the Server 2008 R2 will not be installed.  The start screen shows

  File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

  Status: 0xc000035a

  Info: Attempt to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with the 64-bit mode.

  Well, it's a processor 1.86 GHz Xeon 5120 and according to Intel, it IS 64-bit compatible:

  http://Ark.Intel.com/product.aspx?ID=27215 & Processor = 5120 & Spec-codes = SL9RY, SLABQ, SLAGD

  Heck, the original server COMES with a license for Windows Server 2003 64-bit.

  Is this a limitation with ESXi?  Should we go full blown ESX to run this?  The server is an HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server.

  Thank you!

  I forgot to mention. Enabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS may require a power cycle not only reboot.

• Compaq Presario CQ1 1000: network drivers for Compaq Presario CQ1-1020 all-in-One desktop PC running Windows Server 2008

  Hello. I am trying to create an area of origin. I know I have to use more computers in the domain, but this is not the point. I was wondering if someone could help me find a driver for Server 2008 network for my computer (or someone could build one but I heard that takes a lot of effort). The original network driver has become unknown when I installed the operating system. I am also aware that I should use a newer computer for this but I can't afford to buy one now and I can't seem too creating a on a virtual machine. Also, I searched all over the internet and there are drivers for my computer, but not for the operating system I. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
  
  P.S - computer is in the subject if you have not already guessed.

  Hello:

  It is possible that the file have not checked out pilots in their folder.

  To do this and then try to manually install the driver.

  Download and install this free utility for files.

  1 file listed is for 32 bit.

  http://www.7-zip.org/

  After you download and install 7 - zip, download and register but do not sp46403 run.

  Right-click on sp46403 and select 7 - Zip from the list of items.

  Have 7-Zip extract of: and leave it to decompress the file in the sp46403 folder.

  Then try to manually install the drivers, but navigate to location 7-zip extracts the sp46403 driver file to.

• Migration of Essential Business Server 2008 Hyper-V to ESXi 5

  Hello world

  I would like to start by saying this would be my first time on these forums posting and get my feet wet with ESX, so please be gentle! After being loaded to a backup plan, I decided to give up the use of Hyper-V and use ESX. We currently have Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008 which consists essentially of 3 Server 2008 virtual computers running on top of Hyper-V. I tried to install from scratch on the ESX host without a bit of luck, the installation process is VERY specific and fails during the installation process. There was no clue as to how to fix it, I just got a dialog box saying just reformat and start over; He gave a second shot, but again fell flat on his face. And here, I discovered the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client, seems to be the ideal solution, because we want a backup job! So far 2 servers have been migrated with 1 only being able to boot successfully to the operating system. The other is a domain controller, that I read can be very difficult to migrate and they are particularly sensitive to the hardware changes. Article I read seemed only to cover NT-2003 domain controllers not sure if I can go according to the Dec.

  I'm curious to know if anyone has had some luck in the same case to EBS 2008. I found no guides on the EBS installation on an ESX host, and as much as I'd like to use something different, I'm stuck with it for now. Is there something I'm missing when migrating the DC? The only option I changed was to install VMware Tools after migration and add a NETWORK adapter as the default does not select a network adapter. I still have an Exchange Server, which also acts as a domain controller, to migrate, but I wonder if I'll run into the same problem. I really want to do this work and any suggestions would be helpful.

  So, in summary: vm migrated from Hyper-V to the ESX host, using converter, DC won't boot to the operating system in normal or safe mode it just hangs.

  If you have managed to come out with a hot clone of your ad and it looks fine, you can continue with this, however when you clone a DC a cold clone is always recommended / generally fewer problems because that AD is a sequence of the database which has no way to turn it off.  A cold clone allows you to boot into a linux boot CD environment to clone the box, which means that no service is running, which means you get all the data.

  As far as your question DMZ will you have 2 options.

  Option 1 (keep simple)

  You can spend 1-2 psyhical NICs on the host ESX for a vSwitch DMZ, this may however considered a "waste of nics' However, it maintains the simpler and allows you to connect all the same way, as if it where psyhical.  For example:

  vSwitch0

  Service Console VMnic0

  VM Network Vmnic1

  vSwitch1

  Network DMZ Vmnic2, Vmnic3

  You would then just plug vmnic2 and vmnic3 on the host computer in your DMZ ports on your switch.  When you create your VM create you 1 virtual network adapter and bind it to the VM network and create a 2nd virtual nic to bind to the DMZ network.

  Option 2

  VIRTUAL LOCAL NETWORKS

  A VLAN allows the traffic of tag so you can route different traffic at different locations.  It also allows you to separate the networks so they can't communicate AKA DMZ or test laboratory.

  In VMware, you can tag VLAN on your groups of ports and then based on the balance sheet that you put on your switch ports switch will route traffice to the location.  For example, if you have your network DMZ with a VLAN 10 all traffice leaving this virtual switch when it hits your switch psyhical will have a tag VLAN 10.  So when your switch psyhical see this traffic (if it is configured correctly) he'll see oh this traffice to VLAN 10 I have this Router to port 2 on my firewall to your dmz ect.

  I hope that this makes the sence or helped shed light on the subject.

• Server 2008 extremely slow on ESXi 4 (208167)

  A few months ago I started having serious performance on our Terminal server VM server problems, and I have yet to track down the problem. I know that I inevitably left out some sort of vital information, please bare with me and slap my wrist when I forget.

  Our Vmware ESXi system:

  2 quad-core (8 logical cores) processors

  12 GB memory

  RAID 1 Bay for discs of OS and RAID 5 for the data.

  VM on the system:

  Nuclei of SBS 2008 = 4, 9 GB RAM

  Server 2008 Standard (32-bit) = 4 cores, 2.5 GB of RAM

  XP Pro = 1 core, 512 MB of RAM

  This system used to work very well without any problems, but now it is sometimes unusable. The CPU spikes and takes forever, and it's not just with a single process either. It is used to serve a small site with a SQL database (used internally and not very intense) and Terminal Server services, both accounting can remote in and the use of Quickbooks.

  I started, I was wondering if possibly, it started happening when I created the XP Pro VM and if he had to do with assigning a processor when technically all 8 have already been used. Which could cause problems? In addition, the RAM is only 2.5 (made at 3, up to what I gave to XP). I know it's low, even though 32-bit can go to 4, but if I look at the memory usage in the system, it is only at 60% or more. I will probably increase the RAM of anyway, but could not nail down the problem.

  It could be something with general reserve and system? It seems it's only wrong with this machine a virtual that don't is not really implemented any differently from others. Most of the settings for the virtual machine are by default, other than the allocation of resources.

  Even when something as simple as opening session, or open the reliability and Performance Monitor, watching the CPU in the vSphere client usage jump path to the top, but its use disk and memory remain relatively the same.

  How can I find and check to solve this performance problem?

  I found a few other Community assignments that go in-depth on the question of vCPU. Take a good look at both of the threads below. The general consensus is to not use multiple vCPUs unless required. Those positions explain why, and they do it well. I would say that your other admins coming in and changing things may affect the performance of your system. Can you take their rights to change things?

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/157849

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/131269

• Users cannot use a smart card to log on a Server Terminal Services session on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1

  We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with Sp1. There was the same exact problem in Windows Server 2008 (KB958596).

  When you use RDP or ICA (Citrix XenApp 6), smart card login prompt at random does not appear. When we close the RDP or ICA and make a new session of the guest of the smart card is here.

  Where can we get a fix, or a reg fix?

  Hotfix for Windows Server 2008 below...

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/958596

  In this scenario, users are unable to connect with their card chip and instead, he is invited for their usernames and passwords. If users don't provide these details, the Terminal Services session times out and disconnects.

  When this problem occurs, the option of smart card logon does not appear in the Terminal Services session. Users cannot connect by using their secret codes, and they must provide a user name and password. The option of smart card logon working again after that that they reconnect to the Terminal Services session one or more times

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  Your windows server is beyond the scope of what is generally answered in these forums of consumers. I would recommend reposting among our public IT to Technet-Windows Server securityprofessionals. Thank you!

• Adobe Premier Pro will run on Windows Server 2008 or 2012

  Adobe Premier Pro can run Windows Server 2008 or 2012

  Hi Paul,.

  Please check the system requirements for the link.

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  Kind regards

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• Windows Server 2008 R2 and hot add processors

  I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) OS invited under the latest version of vSphere 4 / ESXi and want hot add processors.  When I go to change the settings for the virtual machine, the CPU area is grayed out, so I can't change the number of processors.  What should I do to make this possible?

  Thank you

  -John

  If virtual hardware version is 7 and the operating system you have configured for the virtual computer supported taken add/hot hot you can enable this feature in the settings of the virtual machine, while the virtual machine is turned off. It is located in the Options tab under 'Advanced'-> ' memory/CPU Hotplug. "

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• Performance issues with Windows Server 2008 host

  Hi all

  If I use a Windows Server 2008 host on my ESXi 4 installation.  I've recently upgraded to version 4 and had previously experienced similar problems and 3.5.  I also improved the hardware in the virtual computer to version 7 on all my guest OS.  The host in question is a file server.  Essentially what happens is sometimes that if a user opens a document (for most of the audio and/or video documents), the media file will take a minute or two to load then jump during playback.  If it's something like a file PDF/Word/Excel, the respective program crashes when the file loads or changes are saved, taking about a minute to respond to the user to enter again.  This problem is also very sparadic.  I even had this problem occurs when I'm the only user accessing the file server.  The specification of my VMware host is 3.2 GHz Xeon dual processor and 7 GB of RAM.  Two data warehouses are hosted on internal SATA hard drives.  ESXi is on the build 219382.  VMware tools is installed and update on all guest OS so far.  With regard to the use of the resources on the computer host, the memory usage with all my virtual machines running is almost always around 5.2 GB on the 7 available and the CPU usage is usually around 2 GHz.

  Looking at the logs performance monitor, I noticed an increase in the use of the disc during the shutdowns.  Are there utilities built to test the internal hard drives to find errors?  If this isn't the case, anyone recommend a utility that I can use to do this?

  Other ideas are also welcome.

  As mentioned disk SATA performance is less than ideal, or even acceptable by many people. The SATA drives in a configuration having non-RAID which makes it doubly Yes. If they were at least in a RAID 0, 0 + 1 or 5 configuration you would have best performance among readers (would be loath to 0 though, since there is no parity involved).

  Using the means on board mode SATA drive controller (or not RAID) of the SATA it runs the performance as low as possible.

  I wouldn't have even thought to have a server, or a system, used as a server that does not use RAID functions at least for redundancy. Couple that with discs that aren't going to cause bottlenecks as a standard too. Who used to refer to SCSI drives high speed, but also means using SAS drives these days (since they are replacing older parallel SCSI drives). The most difficult configurations for ESX, are performed on the server class hardware, which has access to a shared storage (which is high performance) on a fast network (Go to our days, or fiber) or a RAID array internally, which will not cause performance problems.

  You can try setting the server configuration, you have now, but that will only take you so far. You will need to the major weak links in the system. A (a major) is the SATA storage as stand-alone drives. The other is a network of 100 MB, which isn't too bad, but is still a performance hit when you share all traffic with these two ports. Moving to a GB switch could help the part of the question, but you will still have to solve problems of disk performance. If there is a decent amount of shared storage attached network where you are, see if they can give you a reasonable amount for the servers you are running on the host computer. Of course, you'll want to also be on the fastest possible network/connection of this storage.