Your target BOOT.INI has the /PAE switch enabled. Remove it and use /3GB.

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Tom

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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
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"ronnie" <ronnie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am moving the default instance of a SQL Server 2000 to a ESX Server
running on VMWare. Below are the specifications:

Current Server:

SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition Version 8.00.2187
Windows Advanced Server 2000 SP4
Intel Pentium III 1400 MHz
4 GB RAM
/3 GB switch enabled in boot.ini
AWE not enabled and SQL Server using a maximum of 3 GB of RAM.


Target Server:

SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition Version 8.00.2187
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2
Intel Xeon X7350 2.93 GHz
3.75 GB RAM
/PAE 3 GB switch enabled in boot.ini
AWE not enabled

The target server is running on VMWare and we will be adding more memory to
it if it is needed in the future. What AWE setting should I be using on the
target machine?