Thanks a lot Tom for the quick response. Can you please explain the reason
why you want to have that change so that I can have a better understanding of
what's going on? Also, the target server has a Windows 2003 server in
comparison to the current server that is running on Windows 2000 server.

What would happen if the AWE is enabled? Thanks in advance.

"Tom Moreau" wrote:

> 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
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau
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> "ronnie" <ronnie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C14D97C4-6190-4632-9A7B-D619F992B5CB@microsoft.com...
> 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?
>
>