My hardware is 64 bit compatible ! I now have a Windows 2003 standard
edition 32 bits.

Can I run a 64 bit virtual machine on this server or should I change the OS
to 64 bits?

Thanks a lot

Dag

You cannot run x64 OS as virtual machines on Virtual Server neither on
VirtualPC.

You'll have to use Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, but also there your
hardware needs to be compatible with hardware virtualization.

Cheers

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"Cyril" <daghood@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> My hardware is 64 bit compatible ! I now have a Windows 2003 standard
> edition 32 bits.
>
> Can I run a 64 bit virtual machine on this server or should I change the
> OS to 64 bits?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Dag

"Cyril" wrote:
> My hardware is 64 bit compatible ! I now have a Windows 2003 standard
> edition 32 bits.
>
> Can I run a 64 bit virtual machine on this server or should I change the OS
> to 64 bits?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Dag

Hey Cyril,

Virtual server 2005 only supports 64-bit for the host machine. (Note that
you must use the correct file for 64-bit installation)
So all guest systems will run x86.

You _might_ be able to do this with VMWare on your current server. They have
a compatibility check tool that will tell you. Other than that? You'd need
to be running a Windows Server 2008 x64 version, have hardware
virtualization capability of your CPU and BIOS, and enable the beta of
Hyper-V. That is the only MS virtualization solution that supports 64bit
guests.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"Cyril" <daghood@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> My hardware is 64 bit compatible ! I now have a Windows 2003 standard
> edition 32 bits.
>
> Can I run a 64 bit virtual machine on this server or should I change the
> OS to 64 bits?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Dag