This is as expected, because VCenter does not have Windows Server 2012 as one of its guest os enum type, see http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/converter-sdk/conv50_apireference/v im.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier.html.
Thanks -min On 10/7/13 4:51 AM, "Erdősi Péter" <f...@niif.hu> wrote: >Dear, > >2013.10.07. 10:54 keltezéssel, Sean Hamilton írta: >> Does anyone know where the prerequisites are listed for running Windows >> Server 2012 in ACS 4.2? >I think, this limitation comes with vmware 5.0 >If you install 5.1 (vsphere and vcenter too), then you can choose >windows 2012 on vmware console, but with 5.0, you cant. >This can be the problem for CS... > >Best regards, > Peter > >> I'm running: >> vCenter 5.0 Update 1a >> vSphere hosts at 5.0 Update 2 >> >> I'm seeing that when I upload a 2012 template and mark it as that, the >>vms >> created have a guest OS type as "Windows Server 2008 R2 (64bit)" rather >> than Server 2012 (or Windows Server 8). >> >> Thanks, >> Sean >> >