If you're looking at a box with an Intel Proc, review this: http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx
If you're looking at AMD, review this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_64_microprocessors - Sean On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Damien Solodow <damien.solo...@harrison.edu > wrote: > I’d check the VMware guide to see if the server/cpu is supported for ESX > 4. ESX4 is itself 64-bit so if the hardware supports it, odds are really > good it will support 64-bit guests. > > What are your current servers? > > > > *From:* Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:41 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware > > > > Correct. CPU and BIOS have to support it. I was hoping someone had some > tips on figuring this out BEFORE buying that shiny server off of eBay. > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Richard Stovall < > richard.stov...@researchdata.com> wrote: > > IIRC you have to enable hardware virtualization in the BIOS. If your CPU > doesn’t do that I think you’re out of luck. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Hardware_support > > > > *From:* Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:30 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware > > > > VMware has a cpu check util on their site. However, there are certain BIOS > setting requirements as well which might be your current problem. > They have a support doc on running 64 bit guests that says what is > required. > -------------------------- > Sent using BlackBerry > > > ------------------------------ > > *From*: Philip Brothwell <philip.brothw...@gmail.com> > *To*: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Sent*: Wed Dec 30 13:26:14 2009 > *Subject*: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware > > Hi, > > Anyone know of a easy way to tell if a computer will be able to run a 64 > bit guest in Vmware? I have two 64 bit machines in my home lab, one running > ESXi and one running Vmware Server. Neither will run a 64 guest so I'm > looking to upgrade to do some testing with 2008 R2. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
