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My PC is running Windows 7 (64bit)

i7 860 Lynnfield

Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4 motherboard

VT is switched on in the BIOS.

So I've currently got VMWare Workstation v7.1.3 installed on my PC

From there I've installed ESX 4.1

Within ESX I originally attempted to install Windows 2008 R2 (64bit) but the installer popped up saying the 64 bit OS was not supported on the platform. I did a quick google although I can't find the link now I'm sure it stated 64 bit OS was not supporetd within Workstation which at the time I thoughtw as odd.

Hmmm, ok so I install the 32 bit version but low and behold vCentre Server can only be installed on a 64 bit host.

Dang and blast!

Am I right in thinking Workstaton v7 can host 64 bit OSs and how can I figure out why mine won't install?

PC has the latest BIOS installed and as stated VT is enabled.

I'm trying to get this working so I can have a play about before my course without having to go out and buy something daft like a Proliant Microserver.

Thanks

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You are right Workstation 7 does support 64bit guests. Did you make sure when you were creating the VM to select "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64"? I have a full duplicate of my companies domain built within VMWare running 2008 R2 with no hitches.

Regards, AStaley.

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So you are installing a VM inside of a VM? Crazy... just create your Win 2008 R2 directly in Workstation instead of of inside your VM of ESXi.

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That's a good point, not sure why I haven't tried that if all boxes within VM Workstation are on the same network.

So I'm now in the middle of installing Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit) as a 2nd virtual machine within VMWare Workstation , alongside my ESX server and I'm not getting any errors about VT.

Is there something I missed on the ESX install that prevented me from installing 64 bit hosts within it or am I just trying to push it a bit too far putting a 64 bit host within a 64bit host within my physical 64 bit machine?

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Ver fascinating! I want to see if you can run win7 then workstation then esxi then a guest os! Good luck!

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