Windows Server 2008 R2 on ESX 3.5 - all ok?

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• Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 with esx compatibility 4?

  I searched in the communities, the new vmware, the vmware knowledge base and I can't find any information about ESX 4.0 or 4.1 compatibility with Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.

  Is anyone aware of concerns or changes would be to break or otherwise affect BONE or ESX?

  Hello.

  HCL has the following entries.

  Good luck!

• Problems to use Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit on ESX 3.5 U3

  I am having some problems with Windows Server 2008 R2.

  I was charged with the creation of 2 new Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. We have ESX 3.5 Update3. I found that in my attempts to put an address static IP in the virtual machine, the system crashes. If I leave the adapter to DHCP, it seems to work longer, but this obviously doesn't work. Just to be in the IP menu type in IP (do not hit OK or apply again) will cause the console screen lock.

  I found that since the release of ESX 3.5 U4 notes:

  x 64 versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems require Microsoft hotfix

  x 64 versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 without Microsoft hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950772 operating systems have a situation where the guest operating system is not responding and returns the following error:

  MONITOR of PANIC: vcpu-3: SAY vmcore/vmm/cpu/segment.c:430

  I was not able to find the error code in my ESX systems, so I can't confirm that I see the same question. I moved the virtual machine of 4 different hosts in the same cluster with the same results.

  Here are the best true - I built the virtual machine from scratch and configured 2 GB RAM, 1vCPU and 40 GB slim HDD put into service. With no OS, I cloned this config for the 2nd of 2 servers that I need to install. I traced the two VM 2008 R2 ISO we have on our Image data store. Both installed at the same time. Given their Unique IP and Machine names and joined them in the field. Once that ended, I migrated my cluster Corp Server2 to my cluster off site for DR purposes. The only change in config is the VLAN on the remote cluster.

  The two systems worked very well. As I returned to server 1 to start install application - lock. Reboot, login and lock. This is where I started to move the virtual machine to other hosts of the local cluster. I have found no point in troubleshooting, I'll just clone server 2. I deleted the name of the Server1 computer. Off of Server2, cloned it more to the local cluster. I then started without the NIC on so I could change the name of the computer, IP and add to the domain. This seemed to go well, I have been brought back online and start installing the application. Until I'm at the point of launch the installer app - lock.

  2 on the remote cluster server works smoothly. I have validated the ESX host on all host versions to make sure I was in the same field of play on both sides - check. No other Server 2008 seems to have this problem.

  I will delete and rebuild 1 server from scratch, but I don't see how I can do a clean install of ISO any different for the same hardware and best results.

  I checked the link to the fix for MS, but article reference Server 2003...

  Is there something that I am on?

  Addendum:-I find it strange that although I have 2008 R2 installed, the drop down menu to comments what OS in VM config allows only to 2008 (64-bit) for the selection nearest you. If you look at the field Server guest operating system in a nutshell, it says that NT 4.0 is installed. Is this just a problem of display text with this version, or a cause for concern? I found everything all the R2 are displayed as NT4 in the Summary tab.

  Corrections - it seems Server2 locks as well at the opening of the Server Manager window - I can see the "collection of data...» "downstairs. I had also opened the work center & gt; Properties window on top of the Server Manager window. VM has ceased.

  Addendum - I found that R2 the boot safe mode with networking to adjust the TCP/IP offload to disabled results in a locked VM when in network properties.

  2008 R2 is not on the official list of guests supported, and others have reported problems with it as well.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

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• ESX 3.5 hosting Windows Server 2008 Enterprise comments

  Can someone tell me if ESX 3.5 supports Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition, and if so what should I do to install a 2008 Enterprise Server?  We run ESX 3.5.0 64607.

  Thank you.

  PJ.

  Yes, it would be a great place to start

  http://blogs.VMware.com/guestosguide/

  page 40

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• Dual boot ESX 3.5 possible in Windows Server 2008?

  Hi all

  I was wondering if it was possible to dual boot ESX 3.5with Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V.  The reason why I asked, is that we have a partner who likes to play with these two products, but has only 2 servers, and since you need 2 + cluster servers to use the capabilities of the company in both products if we dualboot for him he would save him money that he wouldn't buy more than two servers.

  Now, I know you can dualboot ESX with LILO but it is possible with Windows Server 2008? and chaning CPU virtulizing settings in the BIOS to make it compatible with Hyper-V change anything nor prevent whatever it is on the side of ESX?

  These settings should be fine; I have a PowerEdge 2950 set like that I flip back and forth between ESX 3.5 and W2K8 + Hyper-V often enough by simply exchanging the discs, and I can run 32 and 64 bit guests on both environments...

• What "unmapped user access" for NFS share in Windows Server 2008 R2?

  In the beginning, I followed this Youtube video to set up an NFS share in Windows Server 2008 R2:

  https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=BQ8Q_vsiksg

  Please note that the default option to allow to access Unix unmapped user is not changed (to about 1 min 57 sec).

  Then I found another article at http://www.vmwarearena.com/2012/07/create-nfs-datastore-for-esx-in-windows.html

  But in this article, I like to select allow anonymous access (instead of allow access Unix unmapped user).

  So who is correct?  Or both are correct (which means that this 'unmapped user access' is not serious)?

  And why should we have to allow root access (in the NFS share permissions dialog box)?  What a security risk?

  Thanks in advance.

  Have you tried to run through the steps taken from the blog of VMware?

  How to enable NFS on Windows 2008 and currently at ESX | Insider - Articles from VMware VMware support

  Also, there are 3 KB articles to know in case of potential problems

  1. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004490

  2. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003967

  3. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753302 (WS.10) .aspx

  Noting in particular this section

  Share the folder of Windows for NFS

  To share the folder of Windows for NFS:

  1. Right click on the local folder you want to share via NFS.
  2. Click NFS share.
  3. Type the name for the share. For example, NFS-VMFS01.
  4. Delete to allow anonymous access.
  5. Click on permissions.
  6. Change the type of access in reading + writing and select allow root Access.

• Installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

  We have a VMWare ESXi 5.0.0 (build 504890) welcome and are facing problems to install a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM. When starting on a DVD to install Windows, we get a "HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" error and restarting the virtual machine.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you, Oliver

  I would upgrade the ESX host 1489271.  So, I think I would feel comfortable with the virtual machine in the production.

• No blue screens SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 after the deployment model

  Hi all

  I searched around forums and google to see if someone else has fallen on this, but I can't seem to find anything.  I have a 4.1 ESX 1 environment with vCenter 4.1 update 1

  I created a new system of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it patched for the last levels without SP1.  I cloned then it to a model.  When I deploy a server through this model with customizations (new SID), blue ect just system screens and goes in a reboot of the endess.  If I have the model with no customizations are deployed, it works fine.  It seems the new sid or something that's a waste.

  Any thoughts?

  Hello.

  Note: This discussion has been moved from the community of VMware ESX 4 on VMware vCenter Server community.

  There was a discussion there not too long ago which may help.

  Good luck!

• Import a Windows Server 2008 R2 Core VM in ESXi

  Hello

  I try to import a Windows Server 2008 R2 Core computer in my ESXi environment howerver, I'm a shadow copy error.  I also tried to copy the .vmx and hard until my data store files, and then add it in my inventory, however it also wrong on.

  What is the correct migration for 2008 Server Core path?

  It is a tool of command inside the installation directory WS line

  you use
  VMware - vdiskmanager.exe - r t 4

  When finished, you can download the vmdk resulting on esx

  > I found the instructions to run it from an ESX host via command line, but they seem a bit Advanced for my purposes.

  This info is terribly wrong - ignore it. the equivalent tool on ESX is called vmkfstools

• Installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 problems

  Since the recent release of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, I have since downloaded the ISO from Microsoft (SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_DC_EE_SE_Web_2008_R2_64Bit_English_w_SP1_MLF_X17-22580. ISO) and tried to install it on my sandbox (ESXi 4.1.0 260247) and I will have questions.

  The problem is that Windows does not have a driver for the SCSI controller device.  I tried to change the type of "LSI Logic SAS' to 'LSI Logic" parallel "and it does not solve the problem.  I tried to download a Windows 2008 LSI SAS of LSI driver directly (http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/standard_product_ics/sas_ics/lsisas1068/index.html) and use it, and still have had no luck.

  I was wondering if anyone has had any success in installing Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on ESX or ESXi 4.0 or 4.1?

  

  See you soon,.

  Ken

  Hi Ken

  It is the same as the previous one:

  SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_DC_EE_SE_Web_2008_R2_64Bit_English_w_SP1_MLF_X17-22580. ISO

  concerning

  Pieter

• ESXi with Windows Server 2008 Vm for the new product that has power...

  I'm creating a new product with the host operating system being ESXi and several virtual machines, including two Windows Server 2008 SMV.  This product has power cuts regular and virtual Windows machine doesn't start up without intervention from the console.  Can I configure ESXi or the Windows virtual machine to manage power cuts?

  Any suggestions?

  Yes, if you want to manage power failures on the way down (off), you will need an inverter with a kind of function of network downtime.  I use rackmount APC inverters with their client to stop network installed on each virtual machine.  He takes care to stop the virtual machines.

  Since I use the free version of ESX, I can not install the linux version of the network on ESX, so stop util...

  on a stand-alone computer (mine is XP) with the client software of network downtime.  install the tool of network downtime and the vCLI, then write a script of vCLI commands to stop the host.  Stop network client software running the batch to the stop, then stop the machine independent and all its free.

• 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.

• Model of Windows Server 2008 R2 will not domain join

  Hello.

  I made a few model of Windows Server 2008 R2 to our esx 4 update 1 hosts.

  My isue is that these servers will not join the domain with the customization, I did. I know I use the right user (with appropriate rights) because I use the same user on other models.

  Does anyone else have this problem?

  Do I did wrong?

  Hi all

  If you guys have tried to enter the area do not use the NetBIOS name? In other words... Please try entering the domain FULL of the domain name.

  Also make sure that the connection is entered with the UPN and not the pre-Windows 2000 format, in other words: username@FQDN instead of user domain\username

  Thank you!

• Windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition on esx4.0 - Frozen smile

  I currently have a problem whereby the mouse freezes randomly when you use the vsphere client console 4. So far, this has happened 4 times and each ocassion while using the MMC DNS admin in 2008 R2. The mouse freezes and the system stops responding, CtrlALTINS does nothing. only option left is to power down the virtual machine. This only seems to happen if I use a remote to the same virtual machine MS RDP session.

  has anyone seen cela or have any ideas?

  Thank you

  Smudger

  The problem is with the video driver VMware Tools.  I recommend to uninstall VMware tools and then reinstall when to perform a custom installation and deselect the video driver.  This is a known issue with Windows Server 2008 R2 and WIndows 7 on ESX and happens only a console and not office session remotely.

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x 64 + SQL Server 2008 STD SP1 on paravirtualized VMDK = crashes?

  Hi all

  So far, I have a problemin of deployment with SQL Server 2008 STD SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x 64 installed on Paravirtualized VMDK for best performance.

  but when I run SQL Server Mgmt. Studio to browse the database inside the paravirtualized disk blocks can always 100%?

  I'm also unable to perform a backup of this virtual machine using VCB:

  Creating snapshot of the Virtual Machine

  * Cannot

  create a suspended because the create snapshot snapshot operation

  timed for the outfit out of e/s in virtual jelly

  machine *.

  No chance in this guys case?

  Kind regards

  AWT

  My Installation of SP1 SQL 2008 hangs on the audit of the rule on a Windows Server 2008 R2 on vSphere ESX 4.1. So, I changed my SCSI controllers type of ' paravirtual' LSI SAS parallel, then it works fine.»